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depose - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'depose' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Depose [ v. i.]
- To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
2 . Depose [ v. t.]
- To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside.
- To let fall; to deposit.
- To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.
- To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use.
- To put under oath.