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v. de·posed, de·pos·ing, de·pos·es
v. tr.
- <LI type=a>To remove from office or power.
- To dethrone.
- Law.
- <LI type=a>To state or affirm in a deposition or by affidavit.
- To take a deposition from: Investigators will depose the witness behind closed doors.
- To put or lay down; deposit.
v. intr. Law To give a deposition; testify.
[Middle English deposen, from Old French deposer, alteration (influenced by poser,
to put), of Latin d
p
nere,
to put down; see
depone.]
de·pos
a·ble adj.
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Main Entry:
de·pose
Pronunciation: di-'pOz
Function:
verb
Inflected Forms:
de·posed;
de·pos·ing
transitive verb
1 : to testify to under oath or by sworn affidavit
2 : to take testimony from esp. by deposition <plaintiffs…were entitled to
depose experts retained by the defendants —
National Law Journal> —compare
EXAMINE intransitive verb
: TESTIFY <the plaintiff
deposed in person to many specific facts —
Mintz v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., 72 South Eastern Reporter, Second Series 38 (1952)>
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Depose
\De*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Deposed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deposing.][FF. d['e]poser, in the sense of L. deponere to put down; but from pref. d['e]- (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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Depose
\De*pose"\, v. i. 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Depose
v 1: force to leave (an office) [syn:
force out] 2: make a deposition; declare under oath [syn:
swear,
depone]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
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