Bible Dictionaries
Depend

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

(2):

(v. i.) To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(v. i.) To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

(6):

(v. i.) To impend.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Depend'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/depend.html. 1828.