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depose

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de·pose  (d-pz)
v. de·posed, de·pos·ing, de·pos·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To remove from office or power.
b. To dethrone.
2. Law To take a deposition from: Investigators will depose the witness behind closed doors.
3. To put or lay down; deposit.
v.intr. Law
To give testimony by affidavit or deposition.

[Middle English deposen, from Old French deposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put) of Latin dpnere, to put down; see depone.]

de·posa·ble adj.

depose [dɪˈpəʊz]
vb
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to remove from an office or position, esp one of power or rank
2. (Law) Law to testify or give (evidence, etc.) on oath, esp when taken down in writing; make a deposition
[from Old French deposer to put away, put down, from Late Latin dēpōnere to depose from office, from Latin: to put aside; see depone]
deposable  adj
deposer  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.depose - force to leave (an office)
boot out, drum out, oust, expel, kick out, throw out - remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
overthrow, subvert, bring down, overturn - cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
2.depose - make a deposition; declare under oath
declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

depose
verb oust, dismiss, displace, degrade, downgrade, cashier, demote, dethrone, remove from office The president was deposed in a coup.
Translations
depose [dɪˈpəʊz]
A. VT [+ ruler] → deponer, destituir
B. VI (Jur) → declarar, deponer

depose [dɪˈpəʊz] vt [+ ruler, leader] → déposer, destituer

depose
vtabsetzen; sovereign alsoentthronen
vi (Jur) → unter Eid aussagen

depose [dɪˈpəʊz] vt (monarch, leader) → deporre
depose [dɪˈpəʊz] vt (monarch, leader) → deporre

depose
v depose [diˈpəuz]
to remove from a high position (eg from that of a king) They have deposed the emperor. afsit, ontslaan يَخْلَع، يَعْزِل лишавам от власт sesadit afsætte absetzen καθαιρώ, εκθρονίζω deponer ametist kõrvaldama, troonilt tõukama عزل کردن؛ برکنار کردن alentaa destituer לְהָדִיח सिंहासन से हटाना svrgnuti lemondat menumbangkan steypa af stóli deporre 退ける (왕 등을) 폐위시키다 nuversti atcelt (no augsta amata); gāzt (no troņa) memecat afzetten avsette usunąć depor a destitui, a detrona свергать zosadiť odstaviti svrgnuti avsätta ปลดตำแหน่ง tahttan indirmek, iktidardan düşürmek 免...的職;廢黜 усувати; скидати عہدے یا منصب سے معزول کرنا ، خصوصا تخت سے اتارنا phế truất ...


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Such an idol as that found in the secret groves of Queen Maachah in Judea; and for worshipping which, king Asa, her son, did depose her, and destroyed the idol, and burnt it for an abomination at the brook Kedron, as darkly set forth in the 15th chapter of the first book of Kings.
Possibly the barons would depose Henry, and place a new king upon England's throne, and then De Vac would mock the Plantagenet to his face.
However, if those whom it more concerns think fit to be of another opinion, I am ready to depose, when I shall be lawfully called, that no European did ever visit those countries before me.
 
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