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depose
[ dih-pohz ]
verb (used with object)
- to remove from office or position, especially high office:
The people deposed the dictator.
- to testify or affirm under oath, especially in a written statement:
to depose that it was true.
- Law. to take the deposition of; examine under oath:
Two lawyers deposed the witness.
verb (used without object)
- to give sworn testimony, especially in writing.
depose
/ dɪˈpəʊz /
verb
- tr to remove from an office or position, esp one of power or rank
- law to testify or give (evidence, etc) on oath, esp when taken down in writing; make a deposition
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Derived Forms
- deˈposable, adjective
- deˈposer, noun
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Other Words From
- de·pos·a·ble adjective
- de·pos·er noun
- un·de·pos·a·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of depose1
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Example Sentences
They also sought and were denied the opportunity to depose the president.
In London, where I met him on several occasions over the last decade, he invariably boasted of his latest efforts to depose Putin.
Douglas Vassy, the attorney for Battley who was supposed to depose Gingrich, says, “There was no deposition.”
He encouraged cross-border rebels seeking to depose the government of Chad.
Mass movements can depose a leader; or, indeed, as with Barack Obama, elect one.
In the lull of waiting, Aaron Logan wondered—wondered how one so small hoped to depose one so fierce and stubborn.
We may now regard the claim of the Pope to depose princes as a harmless dream; but at that time it was a stern reality.
If they want to depose him, I only wish they would not set me up as a competitor.
The first step they took was to depose their faint-hearted Viceroy and set up Liniers in his place.
He could depose prelates and excommunicate the greatest personages; he enjoyed enormous revenues; he was vicegerent of the Pope.
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