to depose

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To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm
To interrogate and elicit testimony during a deposition, typically by a lawyer

After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.

To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent

A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored on it in a next revolution.

To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away
To take, swear an oath
To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
{v} to witness, attest, lay down, degrade
make a deposition; declare under oath
If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position. Mr Ben Bella was deposed in a coup in 1965 = oust. to remove a leader or ruler from a position of power (déposer, from deponere )
To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside
force to leave (an office)
To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use
The French rights or patent granted for an exclusive design
The act of interrogating and eliciting testimony during a deposition, typically by a lawyer
To remove (a monarch or political leader) from power
{f} unseat, displace, dismiss, remove (from a position of power); testify under oath
To put under oath
to give evidence or testimony under oath on the record
To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office
To let fall; to deposit
To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition
to depose

    Hyphenation

    to de·pose

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı dîpōz

    Pronunciation

    /tə dəˈpōz/ /tə dɪˈpoʊz/
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