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depone

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de⋅pone

  [di-pohn]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -poned, -pon⋅ing.
to testify under oath; depose.
Origin:
1525–35; < L dēpōnere to put away, down, aside (ML: to testify), equiv. to dē- de- + pōnere to put
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de·pone   (dĭ-pōn')   
v.   de·poned, de·pon·ing, de·pones

v.   tr.
To depose.
v.   intr.
To give testimony by affidavit or deposition.

[Middle English deponen, from Medieval Latin dēpōnere, from Latin, to put down : dē-, de- + pōnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]
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