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Webster 1913 Edition
Depone
De-pone′
(dē̍-pōn′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deponed
(-pōnd′)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deponing
.] 1.
To lay, as a stake; to wager.
[Obs.]
Hudibras.
2.
To lay down.
[R.]
Southey.
3.
To assert under oath; to depose.
[A Scotticism]
Sprot
deponeth
that he entered himself thereafter in conference. State Trials(1606).
De-pone′
,Verb.
I.
To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness.
[A Scotticism]
The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question,
depones
to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. Dunlop.
Webster 1828 Edition
Depone
DEPONE
,Verb.
T.
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depone
depone
See also: deponé
English
Verb
depone (third-person singular simple present depones, present participle deponing, simple past and past participle deponed)
- (intransitive, law) To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
- (transitive, law) To take the deposition of; to depose.
- To lay, as a stake; to wager.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Hudibras to this entry?)
- To lay down.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Southey to this entry?)