Depositing

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

  Deposit \De*pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deposited}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Depositing}.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See
     {Depone}, and cf. {Deposit}, n.]
     1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down
        (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the
        sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.


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              The fear is deposited in conscience.  --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store;
        as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.
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     3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit
        to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a
        bank, as a sum of money subject to order.
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     4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.]
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              If what is written prove useful to you, to the
              depositing that which I can not but deem an error.
                                                    --Hammond.
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     Note: Both this verb and the noun following were formerly
           written {deposite}.
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