Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pendent \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.