Definition of depend

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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..

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Independent :: Independent (a.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.
Uxorious :: Uxorious (a.) Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband..
Bion :: Bion (p. pr.) The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or morphon..
Yeast :: Yeast (n.) A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth..
Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks..
Diathetic :: Diathetic (a.) Pertaining to, or dependent on, a diathesis or special constitution of the body; as, diathetic disease..
Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently..
Allodial :: Allodial (a.) Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system..
Liege :: Liege (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject..
Staunch :: Statutory (a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision..
Incident :: Incident (a.) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal..
Hinge :: Hinge (v. i.) To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point..
Sensitive :: Sensitive (a.) Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation..
Interdependent :: Interdependent (a.) Mutually dependent.
Humanitarianism :: Humanitarianism (n.) The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and dependent alone upon, man and the human relations..
Dependence :: Dependence (n.) A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.
Independence :: Independence (n.) The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference..
Certiorari :: Certiorari (n.) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court..
Proximal :: Proximal (a.) Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate..
Count :: Count (v. i.) To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.
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