Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to remove (a leader) from office:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to put - or lay something down:
to remove (a leader) from office:
to give evidence or testimony:
to interrogate and elicit testimony:

Examples

8 sentences

  1. He deposed unfavourably towards the defendant.

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  2. The president was deposed by the military.

    ruПрезидент был свергнут военными. — odexed

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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. — mrtaistoi

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Meaning

6 senses

  1. (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

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

    unter Eid m aussagen, bezeugen

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

    niederlegen, deponieren

More meanings 3

  1. (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

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

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

More definitions
  • force to leave (an office)
  • make a deposition; declare under oath

Origin

Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + p

Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, 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 thoroughly confused.

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Forms

deposes, deposing, deposed, deposed

regular · Lesson

Base formdepose · to depose
3rd person singulardeposes
Present participledeposing
Past simpledeposed
Past participledeposed

Tenses

depose · deposed · will depose · have deposed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydepose
he, she, itdeposes

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave deposed
he, she, ithas deposed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill depose

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeposed

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
restoreB1

Word family

9 related words
RelateddepositB2deponentdepositiondeposer
Deriveddeposabledeposalindeposableundeposableundeposed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
depopulatedeportdeportationdepositB1depositiondepot

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