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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. force to leave (an office);
[syn: depose, force out]

2. make a deposition; declare under oath;
[syn: swear, depose, depone]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Depose \De*pose"\, v. i. To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition. [1913 Webster] Then, seeing't was he that made you to despose, Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] [1913 Webster] Thus when the state one Edward did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To let fall; to deposit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Additional mud deposed upon it. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] 3. To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office. [1913 Webster] A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed. --Prynne. [1913 Webster] 4. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. --Abbott. [1913 Webster] To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 5. To put under oath. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Depose him in the justice of his cause. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

depose v 1: force to leave (an office) [syn: depose, force out] 2: make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: swear, depose, depone]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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