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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pendent \Pend"ent\, adjective [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.
Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle. --Longfellow.
2. Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. ''A vapor sometime like a . . . pendent rock.'' --Shak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "pendent": at issue, cascading, conditional, conditioned, contingent, dangling, dependent, depending, falling, falling loosely, flowing, hanging, hung, in question, in suspense, in the balance, open, pending, pendulant, pendular, penduline, pendulous, pensile, suspended, suspenseful, swinging, uncounted, undecided, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unsettled, untold, up for grabs, weeping
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