Form verb from the Noun given below: Dependence

Concept: English builds different parts of speech — noun, verb, adjective, and agent noun — from one shared root by attaching derivational suffixes. To recover the verb that corresponds to a given noun, strip the noun-forming suffix and check that what remains is a plain, uninflected verb that can follow a subject on its own, as in "I ___ on my brother."

Application: The noun "Dependence" is formed by adding the suffix "-ence" to the base verb "depend" (depend + ence = dependence, meaning "the state of relying on someone or something"). Stripping "-ence" leaves exactly "depend" — a plain verb form with no participle, adjective, or agent-noun suffix attached — so "depend" is the verb that corresponds to "Dependence."

Cross-check against the other forms:

• "Depending" adds "-ing" to the same root, giving the present participle / gerund; it cannot function as a finite verb without an auxiliary (as in "is depending"), so it is not the plain verb form.

• "Dependable" adds the adjective suffix "-able" ("able to be relied on"); it describes a noun rather than naming an action, so it is an adjective, not a verb.

• "Depender" adds the agentive suffix "-er" ("one who depends"); it names the doer of the action rather than the action itself, so it is a noun, not a verb.

Only "depend" carries none of these added suffixes, confirming it as the correct verb form of "Dependence."