depose

See also: dépose and déposé

English edit

Etymology edit

Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpəʊz/
(US) IPA^(key): /diˈpoʊz/, /dəˈpoʊz/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊz

Verb edit

depose (third-person singular simple present deposes, present participle deposing, simple past and past participle deposed)

(literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
- 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:
  additional mud deposed upon it
(transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
- 1643, William Prynne, “(please specify |part=1 to 4, or Appendix)”, in The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes: […], London: […] Michael Sparke Senior, →OCLC:
  a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed
(law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
(law, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.
After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
  Depose him in the justice of his cause.
(intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
- c. 1598, Francis Bacon, The Office of Compositions for Alienations:
  to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands

Synonyms edit

declare

Antonyms edit

restore

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Translations edit

to put - or lay something down

Bulgarian: депонирам (deponiram)
Dutch: neerleggen (nl)
German: niederlegen (de), deponieren (de)
Romanian: depune (ro)

to remove (a leader) from office

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: عزل (ʕazal)
Armenian: տապալել (hy) (tapalel), գահընկեց անել (gahənkecʻ anel)
Bulgarian: детронирам (bg) (detroniram)
Czech: sesadit pf, svrhnout pf
Dutch: afzetten (nl), onttronen (monarch only), uit het ambt ontzetten
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: suistaa vallasta
German: absetzen; entthronen (de) (monarch only)
Hebrew: הדיח (he) m (hediyakh)
Hungarian: eltávolít (hu), letesz (hu)
Irish: (Ceannaire) do briseadh amach, aithríoghadh (monarch only)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Maori: whakataka
Polish: dymisjonować impf or pf, zdymisjonować pf, odwoływać (pl) impf, odwołać (pl) pf, detronizować (pl) impf (literary), zdetronizować (pl) pf (literary)
Romanian: detronare (ro) f
Russian: низлага́ть (ru) impf (nizlagátʹ), низложи́ть (ru) pf (nizložítʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: svrgnuti (sh)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: avsätta (sv)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

to give evidence or testimony

Bulgarian: давам показания (davam pokazanija)
Dutch: getuigen (nl), getuigenis afleggen
German: unter (de) Eid (de) m aussagen (de), bezeugen (de)
Hungarian: tanúsít (hu)
Irish: fianaise a thabhairt
Portuguese: depor (pt)
Romanian: mărturisi (ro), a depune mărturie

to take an oath

Bulgarian: давам клетва (davam kletva)
Dutch: een/de eed afleggen/ zweren

to interrogate and elicit testimony

Dutch: laten getuigen, onttronen, uit het ambt ontzetten, eed getuigenis/ afleggen afnemen, verhoren
German: verhören (de)

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