depone
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of depone
1525–35; < Latin dēpōnere to put away, down, aside ( Medieval Latin: to testify), equivalent to dē- de- + pōnere to put
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It was not in his quality as confessor that Fra Gervasio heard the dying man depone.
From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Rafael Sabatini
One of the hands speaking in vulgar English accent was heard to depone, 'By George if I could only get that prize I'd be a happy man, and would go back to old h-England.'
From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean
It would have seemed utterly impossible, but "El Hombre propone y el Deos depone" as the Mexicans say.
From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Thomas Carson
Hill, in his deposition, doth further depone, that he hasten'd him away all he could, and gave him a letter to Ardkinlas to receive him as a lost sheep; ...
From The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) by James Pringle Thomson
"In great force, you say, serjeant?" added Stubbs; "in overwhelming force—madness to attack them—you can depone on oath before a court-martial?"
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
Hislop deponed, in the first place, that Lorimer, not Wotherspoon, was the actual forger of the bill, and that he had seen him write it.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
It had been deponed to me offeecially that no a tradesman - no the Deacon here himsel' - could have made a cleaner job wi' Andra Simpson's shutters.
From Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson by William Ernest Henley
On the 8 of July 1676 was Mr. John Eleis readmitted because he complyed with the Lords and deponed.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall
"She told me not to go any crazier than I already was, and I deponed to her how Doug felt about me, and she went home."
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow
"Ay, wha kens that but herself?" said Saddletree; "she deponed farther, and declined to answer that interrogatory."
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott
"I heard Jimmy Day deponing at the post-office to-day that Charleton was still off on a trip."
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow
"I deponed I'd come, didn't I?" repeated the old fellow, and he was still deponing when Douglas started homeward.
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow
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