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De - Pt| English Dictionary: depone | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for depone | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Depone \De*pone"\ (d[esl]*p[omac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deponed} (-p[omac]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). | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Depone \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. | |
