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.
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To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
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To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
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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.
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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.
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To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
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To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
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To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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