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Depone Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To lay, as a stake; to wager.
To lay, as a stake; to wager.
(v. t.)
To lay down.
To lay down.
(v. t.)
To assert under oath; to depose.
To assert under oath; to depose.
(v. i.)
To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness.
depone
\de*pone"\, v. i. to testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [a scotticism] the fairy glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of merlin in a tree.
depone
\de*pone"\ (d&esl;*pōn"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. deponed (-pōnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. deponing.] [l. deponere, depositum, to put down, in ll., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. see position, and cf. deposit.]
1. to lay, as a stake; to wager. [obs.]
2. to lay down. [r.]
3. to assert under oath; to depose. [a scotticism] sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference.
depone
v : make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: swear, depose]
Verb
1. make a deposition; declare under oath
(synonym) swear, depose
(hypernym) declare
(derivation) testifier, deponent
