Definition of "depose"

depose

/dɪˈpəʊz/

verb
third-person singular simple present deposes, present participle deposing, simple past and past participle deposed
1. (literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
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  additional mud deposed upon it
  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 […]
2. (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
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  a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed
  1643, William Prynne, “(please specify |part=1 to 4, or Appendix)”, in The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes: […], London: […] Michael Sparke Senior
3. (law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
4. (law, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.
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  Depose him in the justice of his cause.
  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, [Act I, scene iii]
5. (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
6. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
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  to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands
  c. 1598, Francis Bacon, The Office of Compositions for Alienations

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