depend

verb5

1. •
   to need something else in order to happen, and to change as that thing changes

   • We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow.
2. •
   To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.

   • There he wilted, obviously depending the disposal of his person and his plight on Bradly, and expecting that to be done at once, too. — 1938
3. •
   To trust; to have confidence; to rely.

   • we should all be able to depend on the word or assurance of our friends
   • we depend on the mailman to come at the usual time.
4. •
   (literary) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above, especially in heraldry, where a badge, decoration, or element is suspended from another part of an achievement of arms.

   • The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows. — 1851
5. •
   (no longer used) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.

   • While the Bishops Affair was depending, the King sent orders [...] — 1703