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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of depone¹

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

Example Sentences

"But you depone that he charged you to tell only the truth?"

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"In great force, you say, serjeant?" added Stubbs; "in overwhelming force—madness to attack them—you can depone on oath before a court-martial?"

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He deponed that, on the night of August 4, Gowrie bade him and Andrew Ruthven ride early to Falkland with the Master, and return, if the Master ordered him so to do, with a message. 

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One witness deponed that she saw the accused in a certain place at 5.40 P.M.

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And she hath deponed that on other nights, too, this has happened, that the Queen's Highness, when she hath come late to bed, hath equally done the same thing.

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