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depose
de·pose [ di pṓz ] (past and past participle de·posed, present participle de·pos·ing, 3rd person present singular de·pos·es)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb remove from office: to remove somebody from office or from a position of power
2. transitive and intransitive verb give evidence: to give evidence or testify under oath, either in a written or verbal form
3. transitive verb U.S. take evidence: to request and record evidence from a witness
[13th century. < French déposer, alteration (influenced by poser "put") of Latin deponere "put down," in medieval Latin "testify" < ponere "to place"]

de·pos·a·ble adjective
de·pos·al [ di pṓz'l ] noun
de·pos·er noun
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