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pend⋅ant

  [pen-duhnt]
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–noun Also, pendent.
1. a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.
2. an ornament suspended from a roof, vault, or ceiling.
3. a hanging electrical lighting fixture; chandelier.
4. that by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a watch.
5. a match, parallel, companion, or counterpart.
6. Also, pennant. Nautical. a length of rope attached to a masthead, the end of a yardarm, etc., and having a block or thimble secured to its free end.
–adjective
7. pendent.
Origin:
1300–50; ME pendaunt < AF; MF pendant, n. use of prp. of pendre to hang < VL *pendere for L pendēre. See pend, -ant

Related forms:
pend⋅ant⋅ed, adjective
pend⋅ant⋅like, adjective
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pend⋅ent

  [pen-duhnt]
–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·dant 1 also pen·dent   (pěn'dənt)   
n.  

  1. Something suspended from something else, especially an ornament or piece of jewelry attached to a necklace or bracelet.

  2. A hanging lamp or chandelier.

  3. A sculptured ornament suspended from a vaulted Gothic roof or ceiling.

  4. One of a matched pair; a companion piece.


[Middle English pendaunt, from Old French pendant, from present participle of pendre, to hang, from Vulgar Latin *pendere, from Latin pendēre; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
pen·dant 2   (pěn'dənt)   
adj.  Variant of pendent1.
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.
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Word Origin & History

pendant  (n.)
c.1400, "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-Fr. pendaunt "hanging" (c.1300), from O.Fr. pendant (13c.), noun use of prp. of pendre "to hang," from L. pendere "to hang," from PIE base *(s)pen(d)- "to pull, stretch" (see span (v.)). Meaning "dangling part of an earring" is attested from 1555. Nautical sense of "tapering flag" is recorded from 1485. "In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon" [OED].

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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