Depose
[dɪ'pəʊz] or [dɪ'poz]
Definition
(v. t.) To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside.
(v. t.) To let fall; to deposit.
(v. t.) To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.
(v. t.) 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 put under oath.
(v. i.) To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
Editor: Murdoch
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Dethrone, dismiss, oust, cashier, displace, break.
v. n. Testify, DEPONE, declare, bear witness.
Checker: Wilmer
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ENTHRONE]
Checker: Tina
Definition
v.t. to remove from a high station: to degrade: to strip: to attest: (Shak.) to examine on oath.—adj. Depos′able.—n. Depos′al.
Edited by Debra
Examples
- In 32 B.C. Octavian induced the Senate to depose Antony from the command of the east, and proceeded to attack him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Both these witnesses depose that Mr. McCarthy was walking alone. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He is clear that every such person wants to depose him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The servant deposed that she heard him enter the front room on the second floor, generally used as his sitting-room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She had risen, and stood before him in a kind of clouded majesty, like some deposed princess moving tranquilly to exile. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He had deposed and murdered his father Chosroes II, and he was attempting to reorganize the Persian military forces. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I informed her that my reason was tottering on its throne, and only she, Miss Mills, could prevent its being deposed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Firkin had been deposed long before her mistress's departure from the country. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In 628 Chosroes II was deposed and murdered by his son. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was immediately deposed, however, by Herbert, who silently led me into the parlor and shut the door. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But this maid, Alice, as I understand, deposes that she went to her room, covered her bride's dress with a long ulster, put on a bonnet, and went out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Grimes deposes as follows:-- We had taken ship to go over to the other side. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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