DEPOSE

depose

Verb

  1. To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
  2. 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.
  3. To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
  4. 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.
  5. To take or swear an oath.
  6. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.


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