rely
/ɹɪˈlaɪ/ verb B1- To trust; to have confidence in.
- To depend; to be dependent upon. · The city relies on the subway system.
- To be intellectually contingent from; to stem from.
He/she/it relies · Past relied · Past participle relied · -ing form relying
Verb forms
- Base form
- rely
- He/she/it
- relies
- Past
- relied
- Past participle
- relied
- -ing form
- relying
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de Blacas, “we can rely on the army; your majesty knows how every report confirms their loyalty and attachment.”
I have promised to escort to the Académie a Greek princess of my acquaintance who has never seen your grand opera, and who relies on me to conduct her thither.”
Do not attribute to me more than I deserve, sire, that your majesty may never have occasion to recall the first opinion you have been pleased to form of me.” The minister of police thanked the young man by an eloquent look, and Villefort understood that he had succeeded in his design; that is to say, that without forfeiting the gratitude of the king, he had made a friend of one on whom, in case of necessity, he might rely.
“Oh, sire,” replied the minister, “we have no occasion to invent any; every day our desks are loaded with most circumstantial denunciations, coming from hosts of people who hope for some return for services which they seek to render, but cannot; they trust to fortune, and rely upon some unexpected event in some way to justify their predictions.”
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