DEPENDENT

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English dependant, from Anglo-French, present participle of dependre Date: 14th century hanging down, 2. determined or conditioned by another ; contingent , b. relying on another for support , affected with a drug dependence, subject to another's jurisdiction , subordinate 3a , 3. not mathematically or statistically in~ , equivalent 6a , ~ly adverb II. noun also dependant Date: 1523 dependency , one that is ~