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Depose v. t. (past & past part. deposed; pres. part. deposing)

To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. (Obs.) "Thus when the state one Edward did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose."

To let fall; to deposit. (Obs.) "Additional mud deposed upon it."

To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office. "A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed."

To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. "To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands."

To put under oath. (Obs.) "Depose him in the justice of his cause."

Depose v. i. To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition. "Then, seeing't was he that made you to despose, Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous."

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"Depose" Quotes from Famous Books

... rebuke is not a mere word, but brings with it punishment. The malicious accusations have failed, and their aim is to be gathered from the language which announces their miscarriage. Obviously Satan sought to procure the withdrawal of divine favour from Joshua, because of his sin; that is, to depose the nation from its place as the covenant people, because of its transgressions of the covenant. Satan here represents what might otherwise have been called, in theological language, 'the demands of justice.' The answer given him is deeply instructive as to the grounds of ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII • Alexander Maclaren

... (1604) with a speech claiming divine right, a doctrine which had really been raised to meet the claim of the right of the pope to depose kings. James argued that the state of monarchy is the supremest thing on earth, for kings are not only God's lieutenants on earth and set upon God's throne, but even by God Himself are called gods. (He never found that in the Genevan version or its notes!) As to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, ...

— The Greatest English Classic A Study of the King James Version of • Cleland Boyd McAfee

... by means of these two letters, the convocation of the States-General; then, sure as we are of the three orders, we depose the regent, and name Philip V. in ...

— The Conspirators - The Chevalier d'Harmental • Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

... we will call the historian in swearing, will depose to the truth of this or that fact, but there the line is drawn; he swears his oath so far as he knows, and stands still. "I'm sure, for my part, I don't know; I've said all I knows about it," and beyond this ...

— Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee • William Carleton

... who enters on the occupation of a stool in Kenge and Carboy's office of entertaining, as a matter of course, sinister designs upon him. He is clear that every such person wants to depose him. If he be ever asked how, why, when, or wherefore, he shuts up one eye and shakes his head. On the strength of these profound views, he in the most ingenious manner takes infinite pains to counterplot when there is no plot, ...

— Bleak House • Charles Dickens

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