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Depone

[dih-pohn]

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -poned, -pon·ing.

to testify under oath; depose.

Origin:
1525–35; < Latin dēpōnere to put away, down, aside (Medieval Latin: to testify), equivalent to dē- de- + pōnere to put

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depone (dɪˈpəʊn)

—vb
	chiefly law, Scots law to declare (something) under oath; testify; depose

[C16: from Latin dēpōnere to put down, from de- + pōnere to put, place]

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