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pend⋅ent

  [pen-duhnt]
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–adjective Also, pendant.
1. hanging or suspended: a pendent lamp.
2. overhanging; jutting; projecting: pendent cliffs.
3. undecided; undetermined; pending: a lawsuit that is still pendent.
4. impending.
–noun
5. pendant.
Origin:
1275–1325; < L pendent- (s. of pendēns), prp. of pendēre to hang; r. ME pendaunt < AF (OF pendant), prp. of pendre < L pendēre; see pendant

Related forms:
pend⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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pen·dent 1 also pen·dant   (pěn'dənt)   
adj.  

  1. Hanging down; dangling; suspended.

  2. Projecting; overhanging.

  3. Awaiting settlement; pending.


[Middle English pendant (influenced by Latin pendēns, pendent-, present participle of pendēre, to hang), from Old French; see pendant1.]
pen'dent·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

pendent  (adj.)
c.1600, respelling of M.E. pendaunt "hanging, overhanging" (see pendant) on model of its L. original, pendentem (nom. pendens), prp. of pendere "to hang."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pen·dent
Pronunciation: 'pen-d&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle French pendant suspended, present participle of pendre to hang, ultimately from Latin pendEre
1 : remaining undetermined : PENDING 1 pendent suit>
2 : of, relating to, or being the basis of pendent jurisdiction or pendent party jurisdiction pendent claims and pendent parties —National Law Journal>
3 : DEPENDENT 1 pendent upon another claim>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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