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Depone

Depone Meaning & Definition
Depone Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Depone?

[v] make a deposition; declare under oath

Synonyms | Synonyms for Depone: depose | swear

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See Also | declare

Depone In Webster's Dictionary

\De*pone"\ (d[-e]*p[=o]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deponed} (-p[=o]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deponing}.] [L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See {Position}, and cf. {Deposit}.] 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"\, v. i. 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.

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