depositure
English
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin deponere.
Noun
depositure (countable and uncountable, plural depositures)
- (rare) The act of depositing.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 5)
- The Ægyptians […] by precious Embalments, depositure in dry earths, or handsome inclosure in glasses, contrived the notablest wayes of integrall conservation.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 5)
Latin
Participle
dēpositūre
- vocative masculine singular of dēpositūrus