depend

Verb

1. To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition [with on or upon; or (obsolete) with of]
   • We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow.
   • Gold don't carry any curse with it. It all depends on whether or not the guy who finds it is the right guy. The way I see it, gold can be as much of a blessing as a curse - 1948, John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra...

   Synonyms: hinge on ride pivot

2. To trust; to have confidence; to rely. [with on or upon (usually)]
   • we should all be able to depend on the word or assurance of our friends
   • we depend on the mailman to come at the usual time.
   • "It's another wedding present, you may depend," Dicky said—"a beastly surprise, I shouldn't wonder." - 1904, E[dith] Nesbit, “(please specify the page)”, in New Treasure Seekers, London: Ernest Benn, →OCLC:
3. 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.
   • The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows. - 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
   • In the centre is an Imperial Crown, from which depend a Harp of gold and the Badge. - 1893, John Edwin Cussen (1837–1899), Handbook of Heraldry, 4th edition, London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, via Internet Archive (UC...
   • Bronze chandeliers with many globes depended from the low, slightly vaulted ceiling, and the fresco paintings ran flat and dull all round the walls without windows, representing scenes of the chase and of outdoor...
4. To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.
   • a cause depending in court
   • While the Bishops Affair was depending, the King sent orders [...] - 1703, The History Of King William The Third. In III Parts:
   • In perjury, the capias, warrant, and affidavit, are good evidence that a cause was depending. - 1836, Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench:
5. To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.
   • There he wilted, obviously depending the disposal of his person and his plight on Bradly, and expecting that to be done at once, too. - 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure...