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Definition

to question another under oath and record another's legal statement

More rarely, depose can reference the respondent's statements, or deposed can reference the respondent.

A completely different meaning of depose that is more rare today is, "to force to leave office." A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of depose.

The lawyer deposed the witness.

In 1571, Elizabeth learned of the plot to depose her and restore Catholicism by replacing her with Mary.
Paul Dumas, physician, deposes that he was called to view the bodies about day-break.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue

deposes = states under formal questioning

Both these witnesses depose that Mr. McCarthy was walking alone.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
...deposes that she has known both the deceased for three years...
Poe, Edgar Allan -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue
I depose that I was reading, that I was looking and searching.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor -- Crime And Punishment
They couldn't get the votes to depose the party leader and replace him with someone more moderate.
Now the Pope's turn has come and Bonaparte doesn't scruple to depose the head of the Catholic Church- yet all keep silent
Tolstoy, Leo -- War and Peace
I swore to defend and protect his children, yet before his blood was cold, I plotted to depose and murder his son and seize the throne for myself.
George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
Soon enough, when my new masters have awakened, I will depose Boreas and take the throne of the North Wind, but not just yet.
Rick Riordan -- The Lost Hero
Probably it was the beach he feared, like a deposed ruler secretly visiting an old court.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
For what fault am I to be deposed?
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Hobbit
'Deposed'—that's it, is it?
Robert Louis Stevenson -- Treasure Island
The first and most immediate is the deposal of Gabrielle Richter as Director.
Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
She was immediately deposed, however, by Herbert, who silently led me into the parlor and shut the door.
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
Deposes he was leaving Torquay Pavilion after the film Not a Sparrow and noticed a man behaving queerly.
Agatha Christie -- The ABC Murders
"Dost mind how you could jerk a trout ashore with a bramble, and not ruffle the stream, Charl?" a deposed keeper was saying.
Thomas Hardy -- The Mayor of Casterbridge
Eventually, a faction of Tutsis deposed the king and took control.
Tracy Kidder -- Strength in What Remains
"L'esquif aborde et me depose, Jetant son amarre au pilier, Devant une facade rose, Sur le marbre d'un escalier."
Oscar Wilde -- The Picture of Dorian Gray
"Dook, you win!" he said; and, dropping his head, he left the camp-fire circle with the manner of a deposed emperor.
Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars

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