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Meanings of dependance in inglés

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território dependente
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Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

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Usage of dependance in inglés
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They dined at the table d'hote, but took all other meals alone, and slept in a detached wing or 'dependance' of the hotel.
Life and Letters of Robert Browning
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But dependance on the justice of others is a precarious condition.
Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (A Fragment)
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Indolent, and by long habit worthless, no dependance could be placed on them.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 / ...
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During the day I felt a humble dependance upon Jesus.
Religion in Earnest: A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York
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Are they that live in dependance on thee also happy?
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
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That we must rely on God Himself, and our whole dependance must be upon Him.
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlands...
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So that my dependance is upon Mr. Blagrave, and so home to supper and to bed.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 30: August/September 1664
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Thus I was thrown upon dependance without resource.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 03 / ...
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All my dependance is upon his principles.
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7)
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These were indubitably the old Achaean race, who had been reduced, not to slavery, but to dependance.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book I
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The origin of prayer is in the sense of dependance, and in the instinct of self-preservation or self-interest.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book I
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But clover is the only universal dependance; as that is almost everywhere, to some extent, in the country.
Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained
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She may insinuate, and countermine; but I have a tolerably strong dependance on my own power over Anna.
Anna St. Ives
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Sweet is the daily bread granted to my prayers and dependance on the sole Giver of all good!'
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India / Descriptive of Their ...
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They were borne with the same spirit that in all her life guided her conduct,- astrictdependance upon Providence.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume II.
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By polished manners I mean that good-breeding, that art of reserve and self-restraint, which is the consequence of dependance.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 05 / ...
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Dependance through the time