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depose 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/diˈpōz/,
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deposed, past participle; deposes, 3rd person singular present; deposed, past tense; deposing, present participle;
  1. Remove from office suddenly and forcefully
    • - he had been deposed by a military coup
  2. Testify to or give (evidence) on oath, typically in a written statement
    • - every affidavit shall state which of the facts deposed to are within the deponent's knowledge
  3. Question (a witness) in deposition


  1. force to leave (an office)
  2. swear: make a deposition; declare under oath
  3. (transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away; To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent; (intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition; To take, swear an oath; ( ...
  4. To take a person’s deposition or record his testimony.
  5. French word for registered (accents over the e's).  (Source:  Kovel's New Dictionary of Marks, page 230).
  6. to remove from power.