relied
v.v. depended on someone or something to help you or to work correctly. You use this when you need a person or a tool to get a job done.
v. depended on someone or something with full trust or confidence. The past tense and past participle of 'rely'; it is intransitive and requires a prepositional complement.
She relied on her alarm clock to wake up.
The small village relied on the weekly delivery truck for all its fresh produce and medicine.
Historically, the local economy relied almost exclusively on the textile mill, so its closure led to a period of significant financial instability for the residents.
Intransitive; almost always followed by the preposition 'on' or 'upon'.
they relied their parentsthey relied on their parentsRelied is an intransitive verb and cannot take a direct object; it must be followed by the preposition 'on'.