pendence
English
Etymology
See pendent.
Noun
pendence (uncountable)
- (obsolete) slope; inclination
- Sir H. Wotton
- The Italians give the cover a graceful pendence or slopeness, dividing the whole breadth into nine parts […]
- Sir H. Wotton
- 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)