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depend (iou) and gawk (oh)


depend (iou)



depend verb intrans. LME.
[Old & mod. French dependre from Proto-Romance var. of Latin dependere, from de- DE- 1 + pendere: cf. PEND verb3.]
Hang down, be suspended from. Now literary. LME.
R. Lehmann From one hand depended a meagre trail of botanical specimens.
Wait in suspense or expectation on, upon. LME-E18.
Dryden The hearer on the speaker's mouth depends.
Be in suspense, be undetermined; be waiting for settlement; be pending. Chiefly as depending ppl adjective. LME.
T. Hutchinson Whilst these disputes..were depending, the..Indians made attacks.
Be attached, as a result or consequence is to its condition or cause; be contingent, be conditioned. Foll. by (up)on, of, (colloq.) interrog. clause, or absol. LME.
that depends the question can only be answered conditionally.
Sloan Wilson The broadcasting company's decision might depend on the recommendation Dick gave him. K. Laffan Depends how you look at it, sir. R. Hayman Depending on whether you viewed it from the plain..or from the woods, the castle presented different aspects. Observer Whether there is inside information..or not, depends.
Foll. by (up)on, of: belong to or be connected with as something subordinate; be grammatically dependent on. LME.
T. Fuller Hereupon a story depends.
Rely in mind, reckon, or count confidently on or upon. E16.
K. A. Porter The kind of man a girl may depend on to be a gentleman in whatever circumstances. A. Price I'll have a damn good try...You can depend on that.
b. Be sure or confident that. arch. colloq. E18.
J. C. Morison We may depend that a swift blight would have shrivelled his labours.
Foll. by on, upon: rest entirely on for maintenance, support, or Other requirement; be obliged to use; be unable to do without. M16.
A. E. Stevenson We depend on our forests for vast and constantly increasing supplies of..essential timber products. D. Bagley I always depend on my intuition and it rarely lets me down. P. Fitzgerald It was quite wrong to come to depend too much upon one's children.
Impend. rare. E17-E18.
depender noun (a) rare a protector, a supporter; (b) (chiefly Scot.) a dependant; (c) rare a person who depends or relies on something: L15.

gawk (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Perhaps from gawk 'left, left-handed' (18-19 centuries)]
informal to look at something for a long time, in a way that looks stupid
-synonym stare stare gawk at
::Don't just stand there gawking at those girls!