Entry Word: depose

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) <they deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country>

Synonyms dethrone, oust, uncrown, unmake, unseat, unthrone

Related Words discharge, dismiss; overthrow, usurp, subvert, topple; eject, throw out

Near Antonyms inaugurate, induct, install, instate, invest; appoint, designate, elect

Antonyms crown, enthrone, throne

2 to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact <she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived> — see testify