verb, -posed, -pos⋅ing.| 1. | to remove from office or position, esp. high office: The people deposed the dictator. |
| 2. | to testify or affirm under oath, esp. in a written statement: to depose that it was true. |
| 3. | Law. to take the deposition of; examine under oath: Two lawyers deposed the witness. |
| 4. | to give sworn testimony, esp. in writing. |