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Word: depose (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive To take, swear an oath.
  • legal intransitive To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
  • legal transitive To interrogate and elicit testimony during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.
  • literally transitive To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
  • transitive To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.

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