Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

additional mud deposed upon it

A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.

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

The 1840s saw a further escalation, with new laws treating most slave ships captured as pirates, and a number of military expeditions being mounted to destroy slaving centres on the African coast and depose, or even kill, remaining local kings and chiefs who had refused to end slavery in their territory.

After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.

Depose him in the justice of his cause.

Did he really take Beatrice out for pizza on March 10, 2001, as he claimed? If we deposed the princesses, his family members could potentially poke holes in his alibi.

to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands

Word Forms

• deposes
• deposing
• deposed

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When Should You Use Depose?

Use depose when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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