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Depone v. t. (past & past part. deponed; pres. part. deponing)

To lay, as a stake; to wager. (Obs.)

To lay down. (R.)

To assert under oath; to depose. (A Scotticism) "Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference."

Depone v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. (A Scotticism) "The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree."

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"Depone" Quotes from Famous Books

... depone colla, Sicamber: adora quod incendisti, incende quod adorasti. Greg. Turon. l. ii. c. 31, in tom. ii. ...

— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 3 • Edward Gibbon

... June 1676 Mr. John Eleis and Mr. Walter Pringle ware suspended from being Advocats by the Lords, because they shifted to depone super inquirendis if their was any combination amongs the late restored advocats not to consult with thosse who stayed in. See ...

— Publications of the Scottish History Society, Vol. 36 • Sir John Lauder

... guessing from my appearance that I had money in my pocket, received me with the repetition of the Latin word depone, and gave me to understand, that I must pay beforehand for the apartment I should choose to dwell in. I desired to see his conveniences, and hired a small paltry bed-chamber for a crown a week, which, in any other place, would not have let for half the money. Having taken possession ...

— The Adventures of Roderick Random • Tobias Smollett