depone
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- 9
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- 11
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Definition of depone
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
“These two females did afterwards depone that Mr. Willet in his consternation uttered but one word”
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verb
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(intransitive)To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
“These two females did afterwards depone that Mr. Willet in his consternation uttered but one word”
- (transitive)To take the deposition of; to depose.
- (obsolete, rare, transitive)To lay, as a stake; to wager.
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(obsolete, transitive)To lay down; to place
“c. 1829?, Robert Southey, Inscription at Fort Augustus the obedient element / Lifts or depones its burthen”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō English depone From Latin dēpōnō (“lay down, deposit, entrust”).
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