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deponent

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de·po·nent  (d-pnnt)
adj. Grammar
Being a verb of active meaning but passive or middle form, as certain Latin and Greek verbs.
n.
1. Grammar A deponent verb.
2. Law One who gives testimony by affidavit or deposition.
[Middle English, from Late Latin (verbum) dpnns, (verbum) dpnent-, deponent (verb), present participle of Latin dpnere, to put down; see depone.]
deponent
Noun
Law a person who makes a statement on oath [Latin deponens putting down]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.deponent - a person who testifies or gives a deposition
deposer, testifier
witness, witnesser, informant - someone who sees an event and reports what happened


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"Well, you know I couldn't get along very well without it, darling," responded Dan who, since New Year's, had adopted a new method of dealing with Felicity--whether by way of keeping his resolution or because he had discovered that it annoyed Felicity far more than angry retorts, deponent sayeth not.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
In the taking of legal oaths, for instance, deponents seem to enjoy themselves mightily when they come to several good words in succession, for the expression of one idea; as, that they utterly detest, abominate, and abjure, or so forth; and the old anathemas were made relishing on the same principle.
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