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re⋅ly

  [ri-lahy]
Use rely in a Sentence
–verb (used without object), -lied, -ly⋅ing.
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually fol. by on or upon): You can rely on her work.
Origin:
1300–50; ME relien < MF relier < L religāre to bind fast, hold firmly. See re-, ligament

Synonyms:
trust, count, bank.
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re·ly   (rĭ-lī')   
intr.v.   re·lied, re·ly·ing, re·lies
  1. To be dependent for support, help, or supply: relies on her parents for tuition.
  2. To place or have faith or confidence: relied on them to tell him the truth.

[Middle English relien, to rally, from Old French relier, from Latin religāre, to bind fast : re-, re- + ligāre, to bind; see leig- in Indo-European roots.]
re·li'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs share the meaning to place or have faith or confidence in someone or something. Rely implies complete confidence: "You are the only woman I can rely on to be interested in her" (John Galsworthy).
Trust stresses confidence arising from belief that is often based on inconclusive evidence: "We must try to trust one another. Stay and cooperate" (Jomo Kenyatta).
Depend implies confidence in the help or support of another: depends on friends for emotional support.
Reckon implies a sense of confident expectancy: "He reckons on finding a woman as big a fool as himself" (George Meredith).
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Rely

Re*ly"\ (r?-l?"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relied (-l?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relying.] [Pref. re- + lie to rest.] To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in.

Go in thy native innocence; rely On what thou hast of virtue. --Milton.

On some fond breast the parting soul relies. --Gray.

Syn: To trust; depend; confide; repose.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : rely
Spanish: contar concontar con,
German: sich verlassen auf,
Japanese: 頼る
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rely 
c.1330, "to gather, assemble," from O.Fr. relier "fasten, attach, rally, oblige," from L. religare "fasten, bind fast," from re-, intensive prefix, + ligare "to bind" (see ligament). Sense of "depend, trust" is from 1574, perhaps via notion of "rally to, fall back on."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: re·ly
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: re·lied; re·ly·ing
: to depend with confidence : place faith
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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