MSN home
Mail
My MSN
encarta
greeting cards
encarta
®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
depository
depository transfer check
depot
deprave
depraved
depravity
deprecate
deprecating
deprecatory
depreciate
depreciation
depreciative
depreciatory
depredation
depress
depressant
depressed
Also available:
World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français
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
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
MSN Privacy
Legal
Advertise
Feedback
Help
© 2009 Microsoft
de·pos·a·ble adjectivede·pos·al [ di pṓz'l ] nounde·pos·er noun
