depose

Meaning

Verb

• To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
• To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
• To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
• To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.
• To take or swear an oath.
• To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.

Related

Similar words

• declare

Opposite words

• restore

Origin

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