| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To displace or dislocate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To remove, oust, relegate, exclude or expel.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb depose.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (depose) | 1. Force to leave (an office).[Wordnet]. 2. Make a deposition; declare under oath.[Wordnet]. 3. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside.[Websters]. 4. To let fall; to deposit.[Websters]. 5. To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.[Websters]. 6. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use.[Websters]. 7. To put under oath.[Websters]. 8. To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.[Websters]. 9. Base verb from the following inflections: deposing, deposed, deposes, deposer, deposers, deposingly and deposedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being retiring.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DEPOSING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEPOSING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Dethroning; degrading; bearing witness.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of depose. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: depose
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| To depose | Law | 1: TO DEPOSE, rights. The act of depriving an individual of a public employment or office, against his will. Wolff, §1063. The term is usually applied to the deprivation of all authority of a sovereign. (references) | |
| 2: TO DEPOSE, practice. To make a deposition; to give testimony as a witness. (references) | |||
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