depose

verb

/dɪˈpəʊz/UK/diˈpoʊz/US

Etymology

Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.

derived from deposer

Definitions

1
To put down
To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
- additional mud deposed upon it
2
To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
- A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
- a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed
To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a…
To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
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1. 4
  To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.
  - After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
  - Depose him in the justice of his cause.
  - Did he really take Beatrice out for pizza on March 10, 2001, as he claimed? If we deposed the princesses, his family members could potentially poke holes in his alibi.
2. To take or swear an oath.
3. 6
  To testify
  To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
  - to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands

The neighborhood

synonymdeclare
synonymdepone
synonymtestify
antonymrestore
neighbordeponent
neighbordeposit
neighbordeposition
neighbordepositio de bene esse

Derived

deposable, deposal, indeposable, undeposable, undeposed

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA