depend

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(Englisch)

(intransitive) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
(intransitive, usually) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
(literary) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above, especially in heraldry, where a badge, decoration, or element is suspended from another part of an achievement of arms.
(archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.
(transitive) To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.

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/dɪˈpɛnd/

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch

dependen

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From Middle English dependen, from Old French dependre and Latin dependeō, from Latin dē- + pendeō (“to hang”). In this sense, displaced native Old English hangian (“to hang or depend”).