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