deposition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deposition	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deposition n the natural process of laying down a deposit of something Synonym(s): deposition, deposit (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office the act of putting something somewhere Synonym(s): deposit, deposition the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office Synonym(s): deposition, dethronement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deposition \Dep`osi"tion\, n. [L. depositio, fr. deponere: cf. F. d[82]position. See {Deposit}.] 1. The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation. The deposition* of rough sand and rolled pebbles. --H. Miller. 2. The act of bringing before the mind; presentation. The influence of princes upon the dispositions of their courts needs not the deposition of their examples, since it hath the authority of a known principle. --W. Montagu.