Depose

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Depose \De*pose"\, v. i.
     To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
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           Then, seeing't was he that made you to despose,
           Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous. --Shak.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Depose \De*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deposed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Deposing}.][FF. d['e]poser, in the sense of L. deponere
     to put down; but from pref. d['e]- (L. de) + poser to place.
     See {Pose}, {Pause}.]
     1. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. [Obs.]
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              Thus when the state one Edward did depose,
              A greater Edward in his room arose.   --Dryden.
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     2. To let fall; to deposit. [Obs.]
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              Additional mud deposed upon it.       --Woodward.
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     3. To remove from a throne or other high station; to
        dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.
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              A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to
              be deposed.                           --Prynne.
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     4. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now
        usually said of bearing testimony which is officially
        written down for future use. --Abbott.
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              To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     5. To put under oath. [Obs.]
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              Depose him in the justice of his cause. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  depose
       v 1: force to leave (an office) [syn: {force out}]
       2: make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: {swear}, {depone}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  119 Moby Thesaurus words for "depose":
     acknowledge, affirm, allege, and candle, assert under oath,
     asseverate, assure, attest, aver, avouch, avow, bank, bear witness,
     book, boot, bounce, break, buck off, bump, bust, can, cashier,
     certify, chuck, declare, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, demote,
     deplume, depone, deposit, deprive, deracinate, dethrone, disbar,
     discharge, disclose, discrown, disemploy, disenthrone, dislodge,
     dismiss, dismount, displace, displume, drum out, eject,
     excommunicate, expel, fire, furlough, give evidence, give the ax,
     give the gate, guarantee, kick, kick upstairs, kiss the book,
     lay off, let go, let out, liquidate, make redundant, mount, oust,
     overthrow, pension, pension off, predicate, profess, protest,
     purge, put by, read out of, release, remove, remove from office,
     replace, retire, root out, root up, sack, separate forcibly, store,
     stow, strip, strip of office, strip of rank, subvert, superannuate,
     surplus, suspend, swear, swear by bell, swear the truth, swear to,
     swear to God, swear to goodness, testify, throw off, throw out,
     turn off, turn out, unchurch, uncrown, unfrock, unhorse, unmake,
     unplace, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone, uproot, upset, vouch, vow,
     warrant, witness