Definition of depend

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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..

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Self-contained :: Self-contained (a.) Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself..
Sovereignty :: Sovereignty (n.) The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties..
Caligo :: Caligo (n.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself..
Self-existence :: Self-existence (n.) Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to God..
Dependable :: Dependable (a.) Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy.
Independent :: Independent (a.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.
Independent :: Independent (a.) Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property..
Chromatrope :: Chromatrope (n.) An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light (depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of colors) by means of rapidly rotating disks variously colored.
Philhellenist :: Philhellenist (n.) A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene..
Formal :: Formal (a.) Dependent in form; conventional.
Interdependence :: Interdependence (n.) Mutual dependence.
Build :: Build (v. i.) To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others..
If :: If (conj.) Whether; -- in dependent questions.
Testimony :: Testimony (n.) Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians..
Psychophysics :: Psychophysics (n.) The science of the connection between nerve action and consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body and soul.
Dependent :: Dependent (n.) That which depends; corollary; consequence.
Resolvent :: Resolvent (n.) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends.
Proglottis :: Proglottis (n.) One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence..
Contingent :: Contingent (a.) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate..
Independent :: Independent (n.) One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
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