depended

VERB

count on, rely upon

Synonyms

WEAK

bank on bet bottom dollar on bet on build upon calculate on confide in gamble on lay money on lean on reckon on trust in turn to

VERB

be contingent on

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hinge on rest on revolve around

STRONG

bottom found ground hang rest stay

WEAK

be at mercy of be based on be conditioned be connected with be determined by be in control of be in the power of be subject to be subordinate to hang in suspense hang on pend rest with revolve on stand on trust to turn on

Example Sentences

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J.K.S. has parodied Browning too; but he has also perpended Browning, and been moulded by him.

From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

So Henry perpended legally on the form of agreement, and, finding nothing in it seriously to offend the legal sense, signed it with due ceremony.

From A Great Man A Frolic by Bennett, Arnold

The criticisms towards the close of his letter on certain of our failings are worthy to be seriously perpended; for he is not, as I think, without a spice of vulgar shrewdness.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

The man perpended, and when he replied did so after the style of the late and great Ollendorf.

From A Prefect's Uncle by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

The criticisms toward the close of his letter on certain of our failings are worthy to be seriously perpended, for he is not, as I think, without a spice of vulgar shrewdness.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 by Various