verb
definition
(with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
Examples of relied in a Sentence
He still relied on a taxi to get him from his apartment to Peabody.
In determining fungi no single character must be relied upon as conclusive, but all the characters must be taken together.
Too much relied upon him for him to continue barreling towards disaster.
He relied more than ever on the support of the popular party, which then obtained the reforming Ordonnance Cabochienne (so called from Simon Caboche, a prominent member of the gild of the butchers).
She was struck by his words, feeling as if the one person she relied upon was not only running out on her but would chop her into pieces the next time she saw him.
They had trusted him - relied on him, and he had betrayed that trust.
Mr Dennys relied on certain passages in Hansard in his skeleton argument.
Any unsupported assertions that trading was profitable should not be relied upon.
Jackets can also be relied on purely for their fashionable looks, too.
Dell Computer Company relied on online sales to spur their company growth.
To do that, Kinney relied on what he knew and remembered from his own childhood, but he also made up scenarios that he thought would be especially funny for the books' main character, Greg Heffley, to experience.
After all, in bygone eras when pesticides weren't commercially available, people relied on their kitchen gardens for food year-round, and needed to test and use what worked.
Some used different superstitions attached to different gemstones to link them to a month, while others relied on physical characteristics such as the color of the stone.
Whereas the Nintendo 64 still relied on cartridges, the PSX (or PSone) used a CD-ROM.
Walter relied on family friends, the Frey Brothers, who owned another local business, Germania Wine and Brandy Company.
Thus, if DNA analysis is negative, clinical methods must be relied upon.
In keeping with the creativity of this style, it's rumored that punk enthusiasts have relied on products such as peanut butter, gelatin, and even molasses to create hold and height.
Although men in royal court also relied on the services of a lap dog, most of them still kept their hair short beneath their wigs for ease of grooming and fittings.
For a long time, people have relied upon the rule that you should refinance when you feel you could reduce your interest rate by at least 2 percent.
Like several other nutritional products and supplements, no long term studies prove the health benefits of kombucha, but ancient populations relied on the drink as an overall health tonic and gastrointestinal cure.
Still, there's a reason millions of Chinese have relied on Ginseng for thousands of years, and general energy levels do indeed seem to be part of the core benefits that remain once you've peeled away the marketing flimflam.
Even though there is debate over who should be credited for creating the first toaster ever, there is no debate as to the fact that the cooking part of these original models still relied on some degree of manual operation.
Fewer accent stones than modern ring designs; antique rings relied on the beauty of the metalwork to enhance the center stone rather than multiple accents.
Sofi's skill relied mostly on reading the future of a specific soul by touching them, and he'd not let her within miles of a vamp since taking over her guardianship.
He didn't realize how much he relied upon Angel's soothing voice until he heard her answer.
In the paramilitary organization that relied on secrecy and loyalty to survive, the soldiers followed the man they trusted most.
President Celman underrated the strength of the new opposition, and relied upon his armed forces promptly to suppress any signs of open hostility.
Up to the end of the 19th century, little was thought of any locally-raised or locally-provided defensive forces, the mother-country being relied upon.
In the attempt that has been made to map out the land surface of the earth, probable community of origin has been relied upon more than the possession of obvious characters.
Its author, with a considerable mathematical and mechanical bias, reckoned entirely with the quantity, not with the quality of his units, and relied almost implicitly upon his formulae.
It was discovered very early in the movement that the accuracy of these communications could not always be relied on; but it is maintained by spiritualists that by the intelligent exercise of the reason it is possible to judge whether the communicating intelligence is trustworthy, especially after prolonged acquaintance with particular intelligences, or where proofs are given of identity with persons known to have been trustworthy on earth.
Moreover, the authorities on whom he relied have had to be corrected since in many points of detail in the light of later archaeological research.
Judgment founded on knowledge and aided by careful observation, both in the field and in the feeding-shed, must be relied upon as the guide of the practical farmer.
He succeeded in carrying his project through with but slight modifications, and without dividing the parties upon whose support he relied.
These divisions are, however, unsatisfactory, as the fauna relied on as characteristic must have existed synchronously.
The tests of the physical properties of crude rubber usually applied to determine its value in the market are also very rough and cannot be relied upon.
No platform was adopted, the widespread popularity of Jackson being relied upon to win success at the polls.
The fiery enthusiasm of the Gordons and other clans often carried the day, but Montrose relied more upon the disciplined infantry which had followed Alastair Macdonald from Ireland.
If the arguments chiefly relied on for an early date are so precarious or can even be turned against their inventors, there are others of an unambiguous kind which make for a date in the Persian period.
The chief argument relied upon by those who still find allegory at least in ch.
Despite the Ballplatz's efforts at postponement, the trial took place in Vienna in Dec. 1909, and revealed the documents upon which Friedjung had relied, as impudent forgeries concocted by subordinate officials of the Austro-Hungarian legation in Belgrade, with the connivance of the minister, Count Forga.cs.
Three years later England followed suit; and as the result of a fresh inquiry ordered by the Home Office, finger prints were alone relied upon for identification.
Money for common purposes was raised from time to time, as necessity demanded, by the imposition on Hanse merchandise of poundage dues, introduced in 1361, while the counters relied upon a small levy of like nature and upon fines to meet current needs.
As the transit of Venus of 1874 approached, prepara tions were set on foot by the German Government in good time; a commission of the most celebrated astronomers was appointed, and it was resolved that the heliometer should be the instrument chiefly relied on.
Feeling herself helpless and almost isolated in Paris, she now relied chiefly on her friends outside France - Mercy, Count Axel Fersen, and the baron de Breteuil; and it was by their help and that of Bouille that after the death of Mirabeau, on the 8th of April 1791, the plan was arranged of escaping to Montmedy, which ended in the flight to Varennes (June 21, 1791).
But even filters of this type, if they are to be fully relied upon, must be frequently cleaned and sterilized, and great care must be taken that the joints and connexions are watertight, and that the candles are without cracks or flaws.
He naturally relied on his secret service to warn him in such time as would enable him to mass and meet the foe.
Further, it would be unreasonable to suppose that Mark, even if he relied chiefly on what he had heard Peter teach, would refrain from using any other sources of information which he possessed.
This rule has been revived in America, and appears to be increasingly relied on in bridge-designing.
This being insufficient, partial extracts from papers found in Sidney's study, and supposed only to be in his handwriting, in which the lawfulness of resistance to oppression was upheld, were next relied on.