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dependant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈpɛndənt/ (UK)
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Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of dependent.
   alt of dependent
   • Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London. 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 177:
2. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of dependent.
   alt of dependent
   • However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…] 2006 April 27, Sylvia Moosmüller, Theodor Granser, “The spread of Standard Albanian: An illustration based on an analysis of vowels”, in Language Variation and Change, volume 18, number 2, Cambridge University Press, →DOI:

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dependancy

dependant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈpɛndənt/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.

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