Depose
/diˈpoʊz/ verb
verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away. literally, transitive
"additional mud deposed upon it"
- 2 make a deposition; declare under oath wordnet
- 3 To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them). transitive
"A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution."
- 4 force to leave (an office) wordnet
- 5 To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition. intransitive
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- 6 To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer. transitive
"After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial."
- 7 To take or swear an oath. intransitive
- 8 To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
"to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands"
Example
More examples"Often the people do not wish to depose a tyrant, often they cannot not."
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.