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)
- 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,
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.
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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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