depend

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To be contingent or conditioned

   To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

   • We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow.
   • Gold don't carry any curse with it. It all depends on whether or not the guy who finds it is the right guy. The way I see it, gold can be as much of a blessing as a curse
2. 2

   To trust

   To trust; to have confidence; to rely.

   • we should all be able to depend on the word or assurance of our friends
   • we depend on the mailman to come at the usual time.
   • "It's another wedding present, you may depend," Dicky said—"a beastly surprise, I shouldn't wonder."
3. 3

   To hang down

   To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above, especially in heraldry, where a badge, decoration, or element is suspended from another part of an achievement of arms.

   • The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.
   • In the centre is an Imperial Crown, from which depend a Harp of gold and the Badge.
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   1. 4

      To be pending

      To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.

      • a cause depending in court
      • While the Bishops Affair was depending, the King sent orders [...]
      • In perjury, the capias, warrant, and affidavit, are good evidence that a cause was depending.
   2. 5

      To cause to be contingent or dependent on

      To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.

      • There he wilted, obviously depending the disposal of his person and his plight on Bradly, and expecting that to be done at once, too.

The neighborhood

• neighbordepending