vi to impend.
2. depend ·vi to hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
3. depend ·vi to serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
4. depend ·vi to hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
5. depend ·vi 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.
6. depend ·vi 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.