DEPOSE

swear, depose, depone

(verb) make a deposition; declare under oath

depose, force out

(verb) force to leave (an office)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

depose (third-person singular simple present deposes, present participle deposing, simple past and past participle deposed)

(literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.

(transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.

(legal, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition

(legal, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.

(intransitive) To take or swear an oath.

To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.

Synonyms

• declare

Antonyms

• restore

Anagrams

• Speedo, epodes, speedo

Source: Wiktionary


De*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deposing.]Etym: [FF. déposer, in the sense of L. deponere to put down; but from pref. dé- (L. de) + poser to place. See Pose, Pause.]

1. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. [Obs.] Thus when the state one Edward did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose. Dryden.

2. To let fall; to deposit. [Obs.] Additional mud deposed upon it. Woodward.

3. To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office. A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed. Prynne.

4. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. Abbott. To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. Bacon.

5. To put under oath. [Obs.] Depose him in the justice of his cause. Shak.

De*pose", v. i.

Definition: To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition. Then, seeing't was he that made you to despose, Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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