depone
to testify under oath; depose.
Origin of depone
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How to use depone in a sentence
They had predicted it to Mrs Todgers, as she (Todgers) could depone, that very morning.
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles DickensIt was not in his quality as confessor that Fra Gervasio heard the dying man depone.
The Strolling Saint | Raphael SabatiniI hope not,' said Miss, 'for we took care to depone them before they parted from us.'
The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 1 | Robert ForbesShe did indeed depone to a line being left for me at her house, which said line miscarried.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 | VariousThe s itself is often supplied by the liquids m or n; as in expreme, depreme; compone, depone.
The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy | Allan Ramsay
British Dictionary definitions for depone
/ (dɪˈpəʊn) /
law, mainly Scots law to declare (something) under oath; testify; depose
Origin of depone
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