depone Meaning, Definition & Usage

De*pone" transitive verb

Etymology

L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See Position, and cf. Deposit.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Deponed ; present participle & verbal noun Deponing

Definitions

1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. Obs. Hudibras.
2. To lay down. R. Southey.
3. To assert under oath; to depose. A Scotticism

   Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. State Trials(1606).

De*pone" intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. A Scotticism

   The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. Dunlop.