Pend"ent (?), a. [L. pendens, -entis, p.pr. of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendant.]
1.
Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf.
"The
pendent world."
Shak.
Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle.
Longfellow.
2.
Jutting over; projecting; overhanging.
"A vapor sometime like a . . .
pendent rock."
Shak.
© Webster 1913.