rely Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb have confidence or faith in
    trust; bank; swear.
    • We can trust in God
    • Rely on your friends
    • bank on your good education
    • I swear by my grandmother's recipes

WordNet

Re*ly" intransitive verb
Etymology
Pref. re- + lie to rest.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Relied present participle & verbal noun Relying
Definitions
  1. To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in.
    Go in thy native innocence; rely On what thou hast of virtue. Milton.
    On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Gray.
    Syn. -- To trust; depend; confide; repose.

Webster 1913