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de⋅pend

[di-pend]
–verb (used without object)
1. to rely; place trust (usually fol. by on or upon): You may depend on the accuracy of the report.
2. to rely for support, maintenance, help, etc. (usually fol. by on or upon): Children depend on their parents.
3. to be conditioned or contingent (usually fol. by on or upon): His success here depends upon effort and ability.
4. to be undetermined or pending: I may go to Europe or I may not, it all depends.
5. Grammar. (of a word or other linguistic form) to be subordinate to another linguistic form in the same construction; to form a part of a construction other than the head.
6. to hang down; be suspended (usually fol. by from): The chandelier depends from the ceiling of the ballroom.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME dependen < OF dependre < L dēpendere to hang down, equiv. to dē- de- + pendere to hang
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