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DEPOSE, v.t. [L. To lay or put.]
To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay
aside.
[Obs.]
Thus when the state one Edward did depose, To let fall; to deposit.
[Obs.]
Additional mud deposed upon it. Woodward. To remove from a throne or other high
station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.
A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed. Prynne. To testify under oath; to bear testimony
to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially
written down for future use.
Abbott.
To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. Bacon. To put under oath.
[Obs.]
Depose him in the justice of his cause. Shak. To bear witness;
to testify under oath; to make deposition.
Then, seeing't was he that made you to
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