pendence

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English

Etymology

See pendent.

Noun

pendence (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) slope; inclination
    • 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, , London: Iohn Bill, →OCLC:
      The Italians are very precise in giving the cover a graceful pendence or slopeness, dividing the whole breadth into nine parts […]
  2. pendency; suspension in time; delay

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pendence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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