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."
[ri-lahy] 
