*dancy*

{ } n. Same as Ascendency. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Agreement. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Same as Dancetté. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., , n. See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ Cf. F. discordance. ] State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Intendancies [ Cf. F. intendance. See Intendant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The office or employment of an intendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A territorial district committed to the charge of an intendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. redundantia: cf. F. redondance. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Labor . . . throws off redundacies. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains. [ 1913 Webster ]