adj 1  :  unable to exist, sustain oneself, or act appropriately or normally without the assistance or direction of another <a married couple who remained financially and emotionally on their parents>   2  :  affected with a drug dependence de*pen*dent*ly adv 
, also  dependant  n :  one that is dependent (as on drugs or a person) .
 
 
 
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