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DEPEND

\dɪpˈɛnd], \dɪpˈɛnd], \d_ɪ_p_ˈɛ_n_d]\

Definitions of DEPEND

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
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.
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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
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.
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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To rely for support; trust; be conditioned: with on or upon; hang down.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To hang down or from: to be sustained by or connected with anything: to rest.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To hang from; be conditional on; rely.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To trust; rely; be dependent.
To hang down.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To hang down; to be connected with, as an effect on a cause or a condition; to rely; to trust.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To hang from; to be connected with a thing as a cause of existence, &c.: to be subservient; to rely on; to trust; to confide.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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