the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > be caused by or result from [verb (transitive)] > depend on > cause to depend on (3)
figurative. To cause to depend; passive to depend. Const. on, upon (rarely from). Now rare.
transitive. To make dependent on (also upon). Obsolete.
transitive. To make or allow to depend on (also upon); to base on.