Depend(v. i.) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
Depend(v. i.) To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
Depend(v. i.) 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.
Depend(v. i.) 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.
Depend(v. i.) To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
Depend(v. i.) To impend.
Dependable(a.) Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy.
Dependance(n.) Alt. of Dependancy
Dependancy(n.) See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.
Dependant(n.) Alt. of Dependancy
Depended(imp. & p. p.) of Depend
Dependence(n.) The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.
Dependence(n.) The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause).
Dependence(n.) Mutu/// /onnection and support; concatenation; systematic ///er relation.
Dependence(n.) Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self.
Dependence(n.) A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.
Dependence(n.) That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.
Dependence(n.) That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else.
Dependence(n.) A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel.
Dependencies(pl. ) of Dependency
Dependency(n.) State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
Dependency(n.) A thing hanging down; a dependence.
Dependency(n.) That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
Dependency(n.) A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.
Dependent(a.) Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
Dependent(a.) Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends.
Dependent(n.) One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.
Dependent(n.) That which depends; corollary; consequence.
Dependently(adv.) In a dependent manner.
Depender(n.) One who depends; a dependent.
Depending(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depend
Dependingly(adv.) As having dependence.
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