Rely

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To be dependent for support, help, or supply: relies on her parents for tuition.
  • verb-intransitive. To place or have faith or confidence: relied on them to tell him the truth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; — with on, formerly also with in.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fasten; fix; attach.
  • To bring together again; assemble again; rally.
  • To polish.
  • To attach one's faith to a person or thing; fix one's confidence; rest with confidence, as upon the veracity, integrity, or ability of another, or upon the certainty of facts or of evidence; have confidence; trust; depend: used with on or upon, formerly also with in and to. Compare reliable.
  • To assemble again; rally.
  • To rest, in a physical sense; recline; lean.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. have confidence or faith in
  • Verb Form
    relied    relies    relying   
    Variant
    relied   
    Form
    rely on    reliable    rely upon   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    confide    depend    trust    repose    rest    count    reckon    build    bank    found   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai