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verb de·pose \di-ˈpōz, dē-\

: to remove (someone) from a powerful position

de·posedde·pos·ing

Full Definition of DEPOSE

transitive verb

1

:  to remove from a throne or other high position

2

:  to put down :  deposit

3

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin deponere, from Late Latin]

a :  to testify to under oath or by affidavit

b :  affirm, assert

c :  to take a deposition of <depose a witness>

intransitive verb

:  to bear witness

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Examples of DEPOSE

1. <a military junta deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country>
2. <she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived>

Origin of DEPOSE

Middle English, from Anglo-French deposer, from Late Latin deponere (perfect indicative deposui), from Latin, to put down

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to DEPOSE

Synonyms

defrock, deprive, dethrone, displace, oust, uncrown, unmake, unseat, unthrone

Antonyms

crown, enthrone, throne

Related Words

can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, remove, retire, sack; overthrow, subvert, supplant, topple, usurp; banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, rout, run off, throw out

Near Antonyms

baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest; appoint, designate, elect

Rhymes with DEPOSE

appose, bluenose, brownnose, compose, dextrose, disclose, dispose, dog rose, enclose, expose, foreclose, fructose, glucose, hardnose, impose, Montrose, moss rose, musk rose, old rose, oppose, primrose, propose, pug nose, repose, rockrose, suppose, transpose, tuberose, unclose, viscose, wind rose