Definitions of depose [ɪˈpoʊz]

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Definition of 'depose'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) depose
to remove from office or position, esp. high office.

2. depose
to testify or affirm under oath, esp. in writing.

3. depose
to take the deposition of; examine under oath:
Two lawyers deposed the witness.

4. (v.i.) depose
to give sworn testimony, esp. in writing.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF deposer to put down =de-de - +poser < VL *posāre, LL pausāre; see pose¹)

Definition of 'depose'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) depose, force out
force to leave (an office)

2. (verb) swear, depose, depone
make a deposition; declare under oath

Definition of 'depose'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) depose
to lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside

2. (verb) depose
to let fall; to deposit

3. (verb) depose
to remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office

4. (verb) depose
to testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use

5. (verb) depose
to put under oath

6. (verb) depose
to bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition

Translation of 'depose'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to remove from a high position (eg from that of a king) They have deposed the emperor.
Afrikaans: afsit, ontslaan	Arabic: يَخْلَع، يَعْزِل	Bulgarian: лишавам от власт
Brazilian: depor	Czech: sesadit	German: absetzen
Danish: afsætte	Greek: καθαιρώ, εκθρονίζω	Spanish: deponer
Estonian: ametist kõrvaldama, troon	Farsi: عزل کردن؛ برکنار کردن	Finnish: syöstä vallasta
French: destituer	Hebrew: לְהָדִיח	Hindi: सिंहासन से हटाना
Croatian: svrgnuti	Hungarian: lemondat	Indonesian: menumbangkan
Icelandic: steypa af stóli	Italian: deporre	Japanese: 退ける
Korean: (왕 등을) 폐위시키다	Lithuanian: nuversti	Latvian: atcelt (no augsta amata);
Malay: memecat	Dutch: afzetten	Norwegian: avsette
Polish: usunąć	Persian: عزل کردن؛ برکنار کردن	Pashto: معزولول، مو قوفول، له تخت
Portuguese: depor	Romanian: a destitui, a detrona	Russian: свергать
Slovak: zosadiť	Slovenian: odstaviti	Serbian: svrgnuti
Swedish: avsätta	Thai: ปลดตำแหน่ง	Turkish: tahttan indirmek, iktidar
Taiwanese: 免...的職，廢黜	Ukrainian: усувати; скидати	Urdu: عہدے یا منصب سے معزول کرن
Vietnamese: phế truất	Chinese: 免...的职，废黜
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