unseat, displace, dismiss, remove (from a position of power); testify under oath
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Depose Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use.
To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use.
(v. t.)
To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.
To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.
(v. t.)
To put under oath.
To put under oath.
(v. t.)
To let fall; to deposit.
To let fall; to deposit.
(v. t.)
To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside.
To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside.
(v. i.)
To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
depose
\de*pose"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. deposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. deposing.][ff. déposer, in the sense of l. deponere to put down; but from pref. dé- (l. de) + poser to place. see pose, pause.]
1. to lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. [obs.] thus when the state one edward did depose, a greater edward in his room arose.
2. to let fall; to deposit. [obs.] additional mud deposed upon it.
3. to remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office. a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed.
4. to testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands.
5. to put under oath. [obs.] depose him in the justice of his cause.
depose
\de*pose"\, v. i. to bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition. then, seeing't was he that made you to despose, your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous.
depose
v
1. force to leave (an office) [syn: force out]
2. make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: swear, depone]
Verb
1. force to leave (an office)
(synonym) force out
(hypernym) oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel
(hyponym) overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down
(derivation) deposition, dethronement
2. make a deposition; declare under oath
(synonym) swear, depone
(hypernym) declare
(derivation) deposition
Depose Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Deposition may refer to:
- Deposition (law), taking testimony outside of court
- Deposition (chemistry), molecules settling out of a solution
- Thin-film deposition, any technique for depositing a thin film of material onto a substrate or onto previously deposited layers
- Deposition (sediment), material (like sediment) being added to a landform
- Deposition (physics), the process of gas transformation into solid
- Deposition (politics), the removal of a person of authority from political power
- Deposition (Aerosol physics), a process where aerosol particles set down onto surfaces
- Deposition (university), a widespread initiation ritual for new students practiced from the Middle Ages until the 18th century
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Depose Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
To make a deposition; to give testimony as a witness.
rights. The act of depriving an individual of a public employment or office, against his will. The term is usually applied to the deprivation of all authority of a sovereign.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.rights. The act of depriving an individual of a public employment or office, against his will. The term is usually applied to the deprivation of all authority of a sovereign.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
