1. to trust or rely on someone or something
Usage: Scottish; dialectal

Examples

• You can lippen on him to keep his word.
• Don’t lippen too much on fair weather for the harvest.
• She learned not to lippen on promises that seemed too good to be true.
• The old farmer would always say you could lippen on hard work paying off.
• They decided to lippen on their own skills rather than wait for help.