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Definition: Pendent
Pendent
\Pend"ent\, a. [L. pendens, -entis, p. pr. of pendere to
hang, to be suspended. Cf.
Pendant.]
1. Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous;
hanging; as, a pendent leaf.
“The pendent world.”
--Shak.
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Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent
icicles tinkle. --Longfellow.
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2. Jutting over; projecting; overhanging.
“A vapor sometime
like a . . . pendent rock.” --Shak.
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