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• past tense form of depose.
• past participle of depose.

deposed

American  

[dih-pohzd] / dɪˈpoʊzd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• undeposed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of deposed

depose ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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deposed

The tablet records a royal grant and indicates that Tiglath-pileser probably ruled from roughly 763-762 BCE before eventually being deposed.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

Earlier this year, civil rights attorneys deposed two ICE deportation officers and learned the agency had shifted from conducting targeted enforcement operations to making collateral arrests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Tolomeo, the deposed king of Egypt, is hiding out on the island of Cyprus disguised as a shepherd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

India's efforts to rebuild ties with Bangladesh's new government are complicated by the continued presence in Delhi of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, whose extradition Dhaka has sought.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Then in 1970, unhappy with the Prince’s government, General Lon Nol, deposed him in a military coup.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung