depose

verb de·pose \ di-ˈpōz , dē- \

|Updated on: 20 Jun 2018

Examples: depose in a Sentence

Definition of depose

deposed; deposing

transitive verb

1 : to remove from a throne or other high position

plotting to depose the king

a deposed military leader

2 : to put down : deposit

deposing the sacrament in a carved recess
—Francis Berry

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

a law : to testify to under oath or by affidavit

deposed before the court that he had seen the defendant enter the building

b : affirm, assert

c law : to take testimony (see testimony 1a) from especially by deposition

depose a witness

plaintiffs … were entitled to depose experts retained by the defendants
—National Law Journal

intransitive verb

: to bear witness

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Examples of depose in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of depose from the Web

The Houthis joined forces with troops loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh, Hadi’s predecessor, who ruled Yemen for three decades before he was deposed during the Arab Spring protests.

— Washington Post, "U.S. turns down UAE request for aid in offensive against rebel-held Yemeni port," 15 June 2018
Just 19 months ago his political career seemed over, after he was deposed as leader of the Socialist party by its regional barons.

— The Economist, "Spain’s new prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, assembles a reassuring team," 7 June 2018
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi relinquished his nuclear weapons development program in return for normalized relations with the United States, but he was deposed in a rebellion supported by NATO.

— oren dorell, USA TODAY, "Here's Kim Jong Un's wish list for the Singapore summit with President Trump," 6 June 2018
SUBSCRIBE TODAY Ross has since been deposed in the Colin Kaepernick collusion grievance; Kaepernick and fellow ex-49er teammate Eric Reid are claiming that NFL owners are conspiring to keep them out of the league because of their protests.

— adam h. beasley, miamiherald, "The NFL forbade players from kneeling during the anthem; Kenny Stills still might," 31 May 2018
Zappala and another doctor who was deposed in his case alleged that Steward’s methods crossed a line.

— liz kowalczyk, BostonGlobe.com, "Steward Health Care pressured doctors to restrict referrals outside chain, suit says," 24 May 2018
Attorney Robin Frazer Clark, who brought the wrongful death suit in the State Court of DeKalb County, told Channel 2 that Carter was included because the full ramifications of her involvement may not be clear until after she is deposed.

— zachary hansen, ajc, "Tex McIver, key witness Dani Jo Carter sued for wrongful death by estate," 24 May 2018
Ferdinand Marcos was supposed to buy it, but was deposed before a sale was finalized; a baroness briefly had the sultan of Brunei intrigued.

— michael lapointe, The Atlantic, "The Twisted Tale of the World’s Largest Pearl," 11 May 2018
And in a popular video clip, soccer fans could be heard shouting the name of the shah, who was deposed in 1979.

— The Christian Science Monitor, "Let Iranians decide the regime’s future," 7 May 2018

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