DEPOSE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they depose ... he / she / it deposes

Past simple: deposed

Past participle: deposed

-ing form: deposing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a deposition; declare under oath

Synonyms:

depone; depose; swear

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "depose" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

deposer (a person who testifies or gives a deposition)

deposition ((law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Force to leave (an office)

Synonyms:

depose; force out

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "depose" is one way to...):

boot out; drum out; expel; kick out; oust; throw out (remove from a position or office)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depose"):

bring down; overthrow; overturn; subvert (cause the downfall of; of rulers)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

deposition (the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office)

Credits

Context examples:

About half a dozen men came forward; and, one being selected by the magistrate, he deposed that he had been out fishing the night before with his son and brother-in-law, Daniel Nugent, when, about ten o’clock, they observed a strong northerly blast rising, and they accordingly put in for port.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Catherine Cusack, maid to the Countess, deposed to having heard Ryder’s cry of dismay on discovering the robbery, and to having rushed into the room, where she found matters as described by the last witness.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)