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Webster 1913 Edition
Depose
De-pose′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deposed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deposing
.]1.
To lay down; to divest one’s self of; to lay aside.
[Obs.]
Thus when the state one Edward did
A greater Edward in his room arose.
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. Shakespeare
De-pose′
,Verb.
I.
To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
Then, seeing't was he that made you to
Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous.
despose
,Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Depose
DEPOSE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To lay down; to throw; to let fall; as, the flood deposed fine particles of earth on the bank of the river. In this sense, we now use deposit.Definition 2024
depose
depose
English
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.
- Woodword
- additional mud deposed upon it
- Woodword
- (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
- A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
- Prynne
- a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed
- (law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
- (law, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.
- After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
- Shakespeare
- Depose him in the justice of his cause.
- (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
- To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
- Francis Bacon
- to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands
- Francis Bacon
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- deponent
- deposit
- deposition
- depositio de bene esse
Translations
to put - or lay something down
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to remove (a leader) from office
to give evidence or testimony
to interrogate and elicit testimony