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Depend   /dɪpˈɛnd/   Listen
verb
Depend  v. i.  (past & past part. depended; pres. part. depending)  
1.
To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. "And ever-living lamps depend in rows."
2.
To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court. "You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object depending, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclined to superstition."
3.
To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; followed by on or upon, formerly by of. "The truth of God's word dependeth not of the truth of the congregation." "The conclusion... that our happiness depends little on political institutions, and much on the temper and regulation of our own minds." "Heaven forming each on other to depend."
4.
To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour. "But if you 're rough, and use him like a dog, Depend upon it he 'll remain incog."
5.
To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer. (Obs.)
6.
To impend. (Obs.)






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... that I ever married anyone but your poor uncle, nor ever would, not if the new rector had asked me, which many expected and even paid their compliments to me on, but I always said 'No, no.' But you'll go and see her, my dear, and comfort her poor heart, which, you may depend, is longing and craving after you, my dear; and all the more if her new gentleman isn't ...
— My Young Alcides - A Faded Photograph • Charlotte M. Yonge

... the livery of a Russian prince who came last week to Rome, and has put up at Serny's," said the other, affecting to know all about it. "Well, to my mind, they beat Prince Torlonia's postilions out-and-out." "Altro—I agree with you there; ma abbia pazienza—wait a bit, and depend on it our Prince, when he has seen them, will not be long in taking the hint!" We hope he will; for, however we may elsewhere admire a mounted field, here it shocks every notion of propriety. That fox-hunters should ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 • Various

... especially among those that are allied in subject. These are continually sending out offshoots and projections into the neighbouring regions, and the conclusions of one science very often have to depend upon those of another. The course of enquiry that has been taken in 'Supernatural Religion' is peculiarly unfortunate. It starts from the wrong end. It begins with propositions into which a priori considerations ...
— The Gospels in the Second Century - An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work - Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' • William Sanday

... prayer; he baptises, he marries, he churches, he buries, he follows with pious offices his fellow creature from the cradle to the grave; for what immense income! what riches to reward these inestimable services? (Do not depend on the penury of the laity, let his own order value his deserts.) L50 a year! L50! for praying, for christening, for marrying, for churching, for burying, for following with Christian offices his fellow-creature ...
— Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry • Thomas Davis

... "You may depend upon Mr. Ayrton's satire," said Ella. "It never misses the point in the harness. The barb of the dart is, I believe, Mr. Ayrton's, the feather at ...
— Phyllis of Philistia • Frank Frankfort Moore


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