depose

1. (literally, transitive)To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.

   niederlegen, deponieren

2. (transitive)To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).

   A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.

   absetzen, entthronen

   низлага́тьnizlagátʹ, низложи́тьnizložítʹ

3. (intransitive)To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.

   unter Eid m aussagen, bezeugen

4. (transitive)To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.

   After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.

   verhören

5. (intransitive)To take or swear an oath.

6. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.

1. He deposed unfavourably towards the defendant.

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2. The president was deposed by the military.

   ruПрезидент был свергнут военными.

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3. I found out that the opposing counsel is planning on deposing three expert witnesses.

   deIch habe erfahren, dass der Gegenanwalt drei Expertzeugen vor Gericht aussagen lassen möchte.

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4. Often the people do not wish to depose a tyrant, often they cannot not.

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5. Delay, deny, and depose.

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