Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pendent

Pendent (pend"ent) , adjective

[Latin pendens, -entis, present participle of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Compare Pendant.]

1.
Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf.
The pendent world. — Shakespeare
Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle. — Longfellow
2.
Jutting over; projecting; overhanging.
A vapor sometime like a... pendent rock. — Shakespeare