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Rely

//ɹɪˈlaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To trust; to have confidence in; to depend. transitive

    "I relied on "George" and "Fred"—the autopilot and the flight director—to fly the airplane while I worked my way through […]"

  2. 2
    have faith or confidence in wordnet

Etymology

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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