Definitions of depend

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

2. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

3. To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.

4. To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

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

9. To hang from; be conditional on; rely.

10. To trust; rely; be dependent.

11. To hang down.

12. 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.