rely

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To depend on or trust someone or something to do what you need.

   You can rely on her to finish the job on time.

Multiword verbs with rely

• rely on Prepositional verb B1

  to depend on someone or something with trust

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Simplified etymology

Rely entered Middle English from Old French relier, “bind together,” which derives from Latin ligare, “bind.” Its meaning developed from “gather together” through “turn to or associate with” to “depend upon with confidence.”

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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