depone
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō English depone From Latin dēpōnō (“lay down, deposit, entrust”).
- derived from *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō English depone From Latin dēpōnō✻ — “lay down, deposit, entrust”
- derived from *tḱey-der✻
Definitions
To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
- These two females did afterwards depone that Mr. Willet in his consternation uttered but one word
To take the deposition of
To take the deposition of; to depose.
To lay, as a stake
To lay, as a stake; to wager.
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To lay down
To lay down; to place
- c. 1829?, Robert Southey, Inscription at Fort Augustus the obedient element / Lifts or depones its burthen
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA