depose

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Origin: FF. déposer, in the sense of L. deponere to put down; but from pref. dé- (L. de) + poser to place. See Pose, Pause.

1. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. obsolete

Thus when the state one Edward did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose.— John Dryden

2. To let fall; to deposit. obsolete

Additional mud deposed upon it.— John Woodward

3. 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.— Prynne.

4. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; — now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. Benjamin Vaughan. Abbott

To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon

5. To put under oath. obsolete

Depose him in the justice of his cause.— William Shakespeare

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.— William Shakespeare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54