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Definition[1]

To rely on, depend on.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

即依恃之意,如子女之依賴父母。佛教中,轉指眾生因貪瞋等無明纏身,造作各種惡業,而墮於輪迴之中,須仰賴佛、菩薩之慈心悲願,予以濟度,力能出離苦厄,故稱為依怙。〔妙法蓮華經普門品〕

Source
佛光電子大辭典
Page
p3056
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