Associations to the word «Depone»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

DEPONE, verb. (intransitive) (legal) To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
DEPONE, verb. (transitive) (legal) To take the deposition of; to depose.
DEPONE, verb. To lay, as a stake; to wager.
DEPONE, verb. To lay down.

Dictionary definition

DEPONE, verb. Make a deposition; declare under oath.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats