rely.
To trust; to have confidence in.
Meaning & usage
To trust; to have confidence in.
To depend; to be dependent upon.
The city relies on the subway system.
To be intellectually contingent from; to stem from.
To fasten, fix, attach
Therefore [they] must needs relye their faithe upon the sillie Ministers faithlesse fidelitie.
To bring together again; to rally.
Petrius, that was a noble knyght, and bolde and hardy, relied his peple a-boute hym,
Where this word comes from
From Middle English relien, from Old French relier (“fasten, attach, rally, oblige”), from Latin religo (“fasten, bind fast”), from re- + ligo.
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