Depose

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dɪˈpəʊz/
• Rhymes: -əʊz

Origin

Recorded since c.1300, from Old French deposer, from de- "down" + poser "to put, place". Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became totally confused

Full definition of depose

Verb

1. (literally transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
• Woodwordadditional mud deposed upon it
2. (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
• Prynnea tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed
3. (legal, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
4. (legal, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
• ShakespeareDepose him in the justice of his cause.
5. (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
6. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
• Francis Baconto depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands

Synonyms

• declare

Antonyms

• restore

Derived terms

• deposable
• deposal

Related terms

• deponent
• deposit
• deposition
• depositio de bene esse

Anagrams

• speedo, Speedo