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Antecedency
Antecedency An`te*ced"en*cy, n.
The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.
--Fothherby.
Appendency
Appendence Ap*pend"ence, Appendency Ap*pend"en*cy, n.
State of being appendant; appendance. [Obs.]
Ardency
Ardency Ar"den*cy, n.
1. Heat. [R.] --Sir T. Herbert.
2. Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; vehemence;
eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal.
Ascendency
Ascendency As*cend"en*cy, n.
Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.
An undisputed ascendency. --Macaulay.
Custom has an ascendency over the understanding.
--Watts.
Syn: Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion;
prevalence; domination.
CadencyCadency Ca"den*cy, n.
Descent of related families; distinction between the members
of a family according to their ages.
Marks of cadency (Her.), bearings indicating the position
of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant
of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.). Concludency
Concludency Con*clud"en*cy, n.
Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. [Obs.] --Sir
M. Hale.
Condescendency
Condescendence Con`de*scend"ence, Condescendency
Con`de*scend"en*cy, n. [Cf. F. condescendance.]
Condescension. [Obs.]
CorrespondencyCorrespondency Cor`re*spond"en*cy (k$r`r?--sp?nd"en-s?), n.;
pl. Correspondencies (-s?z).
Same as Correspondence, 3.
The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may
be very reasonable confirmations. --S. Clarke. DependencyDependency De*pend"en*cy, n.; pl. Dependencies.
1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being
subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection;
reliance; trust.
Any long series of action, the parts of which have
very much dependency each on the other. --Sir J.
Reynolds. Despondency
Despondency De*spond"en*cy, n.
The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of
effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.
The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk
in despondency. --Macaulay.
DiffidencyDiffidency Dif"fi*den*cy, n.
See Diffidence. [Obs.] Disappendency
Disappendency Dis`ap*pend"en*cy, n.
A detachment or separation from a former connection. [R.]
Equipendency
Equipendency E`qui*pend"en*cy, n. [Equi- + pendency.]
The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or
determined either way. --South.
Impendency
Impendence Im*pend"ence, Impendency Im*pend"en*cy, n.
The state of impending; also, that which impends.
``Impendence of volcanic cloud.' --Ruskin.
Impudency
Impudency Im"pu*den*cy, n.
Impudence. [Obs.] --Burton.
Audacious without impudency. --Shak.
Incidency
Incidency In"ci*den*cy, n.
Incidence. [Obs.] --Shak.
Incorrespondency
Incorrespondence In*cor`re*spond"ence, Incorrespondency
In*cor`re*spond"en*cy, n.
Want of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion. [R.]
Independency
Independency In`de*pend"en*cy, n.
1. Independence.
``Give me,' I cried (enough for me), ``My bread,
and independency!' --Pope.
2. (Eccl.) Doctrine and polity of the Independents.
Interdependency
Interdependency In`ter*de*pend"en*cy, n.
Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests. --De
Quincey.
Marks of cadencyCadency Ca"den*cy, n.
Descent of related families; distinction between the members
of a family according to their ages.
Marks of cadency (Her.), bearings indicating the position
of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant
of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.). Pendency
Pendency Pend"en*cy, n.
1. The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.
2. The quality or state of being undecided, or in
continuance; suspense; as, the pendency of a suit.
--Ayliffe.
Propendency
Propendency Pro*pend"en*cy, n.
1. Propensity. [R.]
2. Attentive deliberation. [R.] --Sir M. Hale.
Prudency
Prudency Pru"den*cy, n.
Prudence. [Obs.] --Hakluyt.
Pudency
Pudency Pu"den*cy, n. [L. pudens, p. pr. of pudere to be
ashamed.]
Modesty; shamefacedness. ``A pudency so rosy.' --Shak.
Recadency
Recadency Re*ca"den*cy, n.
A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse. --W.
Montagu.
Recrudency
Recrudency Re*cru"den*cy (r[-e]*kr[udd]"den*s[y^]), n.
Recrudescence.
Remordency
Remordency Re*mord"en*cy (-en*s?), n.
Remorse; compunction; compassion. [Obs.] --Killingbeck.
Resedency
Resedency Res"e*den*cy (-den-s?), n.
1. Residence. [Obsoles.]
2. A political agency at a native court in British India,
held by an officer styled the Residentl: also, a Dutch
commercial colony or province in the East Indies.
Resplendency
Resplendence Re*splen"dence (r?*spl?n"dens), Resplendency
Re*splen"den*cy (-den*s?), n. [L. resplendentia.]
The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster;
vivid brightness; splendor.
Son! thou in whom my glory I behold In full
resplendence, heir of all my might. --Milton.
The resplendency of his own almighty goodness. --Dr. J.
Scott.
Respondency
Respondence Re*spond"ence (-?ns), Respondency Re*spond"en*cy
(-en*s?), n.
The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an
answering. --A. Chalmers.
The angelical soft trembling voice made To the
instruments divine respondence meet. --Spenser.
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