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depose
[dih-pohz]
verb (used with object)
to remove from office or position, especially high office.
The people deposed the dictator.
to testify or affirm under oath, especially in a written statement.
to depose that it was true.
Law.to take the deposition of; examine under oath.
Two lawyers deposed the witness.
verb (used without object)
to give sworn testimony, especially in writing.
depose
/ ɪˈəʊ /
verb
(tr) to remove from an office or position, esp one of power or rank
law to testify or give (evidence, etc) on oath, esp when taken down in writing; make a deposition
Other Word Forms
- deposable adjective
- deposer noun
- undeposable adjective
- ˈDz adjective
- ˈDz noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of depose1
Example Sentences
If only we all had the same leeway when deposed.
Gabon's former President, Ali Bongo, who was deposed in a 2023 coup, has left the country and is now in Angola, the authorities there have announced.
They have been deposed at the top of the Premier League by new champions Liverpool, relinquishing their four-year grip on the trophy, while being knocked out of the Champions League at the play-off stage.
But the junta took the opportunity to organise one of its biggest rallies in Burkina Faso's capital over fears that "imperialists" and their "lackeys" were trying to depose the captain.
Shell casings with the words "deny", "defend" and "depose" were found at the crime scene.
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