depose
/diˈpoʊz/ verb C2- To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
- 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.
- To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
- 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.
- To take or swear an oath.
- To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
He/she/it deposes · Past deposed · Past participle deposed · -ing form deposing
Verb forms
- Base form
- depose
- He/she/it
- deposes
- Past
- deposed
- Past participle
- deposed
- -ing form
- deposing
From the library
The servant deposed that she heard him enter the front room on the second floor, generally used as his sitting-room.
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