[di-pohz] 
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. |
| de·pose (dĭ-pōz') v. de·posed, de·pos·ing, de·pos·es v. tr.
To give testimony by affidavit or deposition. [Middle English deposen, from Old French deposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put) of Latin dēpōnere, to put down; see depone.] de·pos'a·ble adj. |
