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reliest

reliest is the second-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)

  1. (intransitive, with on or upon, formerly also with in) 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
  2. (intransitive, with on or upon) To depend; to be dependent upon.
    • The city relies on the subway system.
  3. (intransitive, with on or upon) 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
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To fasten, fix, attach
    • Therefore [they] must needs relye their faithe upon the sillie Ministers faithlesse fidelitie.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To bring together again; to rally.
    • Petrius, that was a noble knyght, and bolde and hardy, relied his peple a-boute hym,

Origin of reliest

rely + -est

Questions about reliest

What is reliest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reliest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of rely.

Words near reliest in the dictionary

  1. relier
  2. reliers
  3. relies
  4. relies on
  5. relies upon
  6. reliest
  7. relieth
  8. relievable
  9. relieve
  10. relieve nature
  11. relieved

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reliest (page history and authors); rely (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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