depose (redirected from deposing)

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.

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

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de·posa·ble adj.

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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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	depose - force to leave (an office) force out 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 depone, swear declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

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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

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

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depose

vt → absetzen; sovereign also → entthronen

vi (Jur) → unter Eid aussagen

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

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

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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 免...的职；废黜