Associations to the word «Depose»

Wiktionary

DEPOSE, verb. (literally transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
DEPOSE, verb. (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
DEPOSE, verb. (legal) (intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
DEPOSE, verb. (legal) (transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.
DEPOSE, verb. (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
DEPOSE, verb. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.

Dictionary definition

DEPOSE, verb. Force to leave (an office).
DEPOSE, verb. Make a deposition; declare under oath.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley