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Depend

verb

(past & past part. depended; pres. part. depending)

Be contingent upon (something that is elided).

Have faith or confidence in. Synonyms: bet, calculate, count, look, reckon. "Look to your friends for support" , "You can bet on that!" , "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

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... stand will depend largely on a and b fitting closely against the sides, their ends should be cut out and trued carefully, special attention being paid to keeping the shoulders between and outside the lugs in a straight line. The wedge holes in c, c, c, c measure 1/2 by 1/4 inch, and are arranged to be partly ...

— Things To Make • Archibald Williams

... covered every angle that could possibly come up. With the help of your friend up front, this ship will be flown to a certain deserted asteroid where a few friends of ours are to meet us with another ship. How you come out afterward will depend on how you co-operate now. ...

— Larson's Luck • Gerald Vance

... we pleased, upon asking the governor's permission, which would be granted of course. He said that it would be cheaper for us to take a house in the town, and bring our own servants ashore, if we had any body upon whom we could depend to buy in our provisions; but as this was not the case, having no person among us who could speak the Malay language, our gentlemen determined to go to the hotel. At the hotel, therefore, beds were immediately hired, ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13 • Robert Kerr

... usefulness and happiness of home depend upon home habits. No one is without habits, good or bad. They have much to do with our welfare here and hereafter. Hence the importance ...

— The Christian Home • Samuel Philips

... notice of them in print except that in the Examiner; and that seemed so quiet that I scarce supposed it was by Forster. Alfred himself is, I believe, in Kent at present. And now, my dear Frederic, why do you think of returning to England? Depend upon it you are better off as you are. You will never turn magistrate nor bean- dibbler, nor make yourself of use in the country, and therefore why should you not live where you like to live best? When I read of your laughing and singing and ...

— Letters of Edward FitzGerald - in two volumes, Vol. 1 • Edward FitzGerald

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