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Verb	1.	depend upon - be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" depend on, devolve on, hinge on, hinge upon, turn on, ride build on, build upon, repose on, rest on - be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?"
	2.	depend upon - put trust in with confidence; "she is someone you can really rely on when times get rough"; "you can rely on his discretion" rely on, rely upon, depend on

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To say that deficiencies may be provided for by requisitions upon the States, is on the one hand to acknowledge that this system cannot be depended upon, and on the other hand to depend upon it for every thing beyond a certain limit.

Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context

The general tuckermanities are arrant Bubbles - ephemeral and so transparent - But this is, now, - you may depend upon it - Stable, opaque, immortal - all by dint Of the dear names that lie concealed within 't.

Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

Goad on your bullocks, and never more pray to me for help, until you have done your best to help yourself, or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain.

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