depose.
To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
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.
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