☞ The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from the French; the forms dependent, etc., are from the Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing it from the adjective, usually written dependent. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other. Sir J. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]
So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
This earth and its dependencies. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in meaning to 3 and 4. [ 1913 Webster ]