All 3 Uses of
depose
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Both these witnesses depose that Mr. McCarthy was walking alone.†
Chpt 4 *
- But this maid, Alice, as I understand, deposes that she went to her room, covered her bride's dress with a long ulster, put on a bonnet, and went out.†
Chpt 10
- Catherine Cusack, maid to the Countess, deposed to having heard Ryder's cry of dismay on discovering the robbery, and to having rushed into the room, where she found matters as described by the last witness.†
Chpt 7
Definitions:
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(1)
(depose as in: deposed the witness) to question another under oath and record another's legal statement
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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.