Depose

Quick meaning: Depose is a verb meaning (literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.

Meaning

(literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
2. (law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
3. (law, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.
4. (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
5. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.

Example Sentences

additional mud deposed upon it

Depose him in the justice of his cause.

to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands

a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed

Word Forms

• deposes
• deposing
• deposed

Synonyms for depose

Depending on context, synonyms include declare, depone, testify, swear.

Antonyms for depose

Common opposites include restore.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swear, depone, remove, unseat, oust, dismiss.

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