Depend(v. i.)
- To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
Depend(v. i.)
- To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
Depend(v. i.)
- 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.
Depend(v. i.)
- 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.
Depend(v. i.)
- To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
Dependency(n.)
- State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
Dependency(n.)
- A thing hanging down; a dependence.
Dependency(n.)
- That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
Dependency(n.)
- A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.
Dependent(a.)
- Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
Dependent(a.)
- Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends.
Dependent(n.)
- One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.
Dependent(n.)
- That which depends; corollary; consequence.