deposed

[dih-pohzd]

adjective

1. removed from high office or position.

   The musical was a political satire about a deposed king and queen forced to go incognito in their own country.

2. Law.,  examined under oath, sometimes with the resulting statement taken down in writing and used in court in place of spoken testimony.

   Only two of the deposed witnesses directly indicated personal knowledge of the alleged trip.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of depose.

Other Word Forms

• undeposed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deposed¹

depose ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Nour says she and her brothers and sisters had to leave because of their family's ties to Saddam Hussein's deposed regime.

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Canada sensationally deposed Women's Rugby World Cup holders New Zealand, inflicting the Black Ferns' first defeat in the tournament in 11 years to advance to the final.

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A few days later, an El Paso judge temporarily blocked Paxton from taking legal action against O’Rourke or his organization, and ordered Paxton to be deposed.

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Swift's lawyer asserted on Friday that she has "no material role" in the case and did not agree to be deposed, contradicting what Baldoni's team claimed.

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But the uncertainty may not be over for Thailand which has seen multiple administrations deposed by court interventions and military coups in the recent past.

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