de-pose
verb (used with object)
1.
to remove from office or position, especially high office: The people deposed the dictator.
2.
to testify or affirm under oath, especially in a written statement: to depose that it was true.
3.
verb (used without object)
4.
to give sworn testimony, especially in writing.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to remove from an office or position, esp one of power or rank |
| 2. | law to testify or give (evidence, etc) on oath, esp when taken down in writing; make a deposition |
| [C13: from Old French deposer to put away, put down, from Late Latin dēpōnere to depose from office, from Latin: to put aside; see | |
| de'posable | |
| —adj | |
| de'poser | |
| —n | |
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