relies
relies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rely.
Meaning of rely
Verb
rely (third-person singular simple present relies, present participle relying, simple past and past participle relied)
- To trust; to have confidence in.
- I relied on "George" and "Fred"—the autopilot and the flight director—to fly the airplane while I worked my way through […]1993, Flying, volume 120, page 73
- To depend; to be dependent upon.
- The city relies on the subway system.
- To be intellectually contingent from; to stem from.
- Parts I and IV of the Court's opinion, and Part III except insofar as it relies upon legislative history1989, Antonin Scalia, Jett v. Dallas Independent School District
- To fasten, fix, attach
- Therefore [they] must needs relye their faithe upon the sillie Ministers faithlesse fidelitie.
- To bring together again; to rally.
- Petrius, that was a noble knyght, and bolde and hardy, relied his peple a-boute hym,
Phrases with relies
Words that rhyme with relies
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- arise
- capsize
- comprise
- guise
- revise
- abscise
- agrise
- apprise
- chastise
- despise
- flys
- guys
- lyse
- palatalize
- pies
- prise
- skies
- snies
- sties
- supplies
- surmise
- ties
- tries
- velarize
- aguise
- applies
- authorize
- ayes
- belies
- brise
- buys
- byes
- complies
- cries
- dies
- dries
- dyes
- excise
- eyes
- flies
- flyes
- four eyes
- frankenpies
- fries
- Frise
- hies
- highs
- home fries
Questions about relies
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