depone
VerbWordNet 3.0
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Depone \De*pone"\ (d[-e]*p[=o]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deponed (-p[=o]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Deponing.] [L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See Position, and cf. Deposit.]
1.To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
2.To lay down. [R.] --Southey. [1913 Webster]
3.To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism] [1913 Webster]
Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference.— State Trials(1606).[1913 Webster]
Depone \De*pone"\, v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism] [1913 Webster]
The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. --Dunlop. [1913 Webster]