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

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

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

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

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

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

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