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depone

[ dih-pohn ]

verb (used with or without object)

, de·poned, de·pon·ing.
  1. to testify under oath; depose.


depone

/ dɪˈpəʊn /

verb

  1. law Scots law to declare (something) under oath; testify; depose
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of depone1

1525–35; < Latin dēpōnere to put away, down, aside ( Medieval Latin: to testify), equivalent to dē- de- + pōnere to put
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Word History and Origins

Origin of depone1

C16: from Latin dēpōnere to put down, from de- + pōnere to put, place
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Example Sentences

They had predicted it to Mrs Todgers, as she (Todgers) could depone, that very morning.

It was not in his quality as confessor that Fra Gervasio heard the dying man depone.

I hope not,' said Miss, 'for we took care to depone them before they parted from us.'

She did indeed depone to a line being left for me at her house, which said line miscarried.

The s itself is often supplied by the liquids m or n; as in expreme, depreme; compone, depone.

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