depose
See also: dépose and déposé
English
Etymology
Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈpəʊz/
- (US) IPA(key): /diˈpoʊz/, /dəˈpoʊz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊz
Verb
depose (third-person singular simple present deposes, present participle deposing, simple past and past participle deposed)
- (literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
- 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], OCLC 1179517876:
- additional mud deposed upon it
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- (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
- A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
- 1643, William Prynne, “(please specify |part=1 to 4, or Appendix)”, in The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes: […], London: […] Michael Sparke Senior, OCLC 22720680:
- a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed
- (law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
- (law, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.
- After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii]:
- Depose him in the justice of his cause.
- (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
- To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
- c. 1598, Francis Bacon, The Office of Compositions for Alienations
- to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands
- c. 1598, Francis Bacon, The Office of Compositions for Alienations
Synonyms
- declare
Antonyms
- restore
Derived terms
- deposable
- deposal
Related terms
- deponent
- deposit
- deposition
- depositio de bene esse
Translations
to put - or lay something down
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to remove (a leader) from office
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to give evidence or testimony
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to take an oath
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to interrogate and elicit testimony
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Anagrams
- Speedo, epodes, speedo
Ido
Etymology
From depos (“since, afterward”) + -e (“adverb”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ˈpo.se/, /dɛ.ˈpɔ.sɛ/
Adverb
depose
- since, from that time, thence, thenceforth
Related terms
- depos ke (“since”)
Italian
Verb
depose
- third-person singular past historic of deporre