depose

[dih-pohz]

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verb (used with object), de·posed, de·pos·ing.

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), de·posed, de·pos·ing.

to give sworn testimony, especially in writing.

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Origin of depose

1250–1300; Middle English deposen < Old French deposer to put down, equivalent to de- de- + poser < Vulgar Latin *posāre, Late Latin pausāre; see pose¹

Related formsde·pos·a·ble, adjectivede·pos·er, nounun·de·pos·a·ble, adjectiveun·de·posed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for depose

They also sought and were denied the opportunity to depose the president.
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In London, where I met him on several occasions over the last decade, he invariably boasted of his latest efforts to depose Putin.
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Douglas Vassy, the attorney for Battley who was supposed to depose Gingrich, says, “There was no deposition.”
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He encouraged cross-border rebels seeking to depose the government of Chad.
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Mass movements can depose a leader; or, indeed, as with Barack Obama, elect one.
Egypt's Leaderless Revolution|Anne-Marie Slaughter|February 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Keep under passions, that they depose not reason from the government of your thoughts.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter
Justinian was about to yield, and indeed had given the order, when the insurgents determined to depose him.
Constantinople|William Holden Hutton
Again a Pope was asserting his right to depose an English sovereign and to loose Englishmen from their bond of allegiance.
History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) |John Richard Green
As he has power to depose the Sultan for a lapse of orthodoxy, the result may be imagined.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)|John Holland Rose
Attempts were made to send some one through to depose Marquez, but each one failed.
The Missourian|Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle

British Dictionary definitions for depose

depose

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

Derived Formsdeposable, adjectivedeposer, noun

Word Origin for depose

C13: from Old French deposer to put away, put down, from Late Latin dēpōnere to depose from office, from Latin: to put aside; see depone

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Word Origin and History for depose

depose

c.1300, from Old French deposer (12c.), from de- "down" (see de-) + poser "put, place" (see pose (v.1)). Related: Deposed; deposing.

depose

verb (used with object), de·posed, de·pos·ing.

verb (used without object), de·posed, de·pos·ing.

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depose

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