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Pronunciation : De*pone"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See Position, and cf. Deposit.]
Definition : 1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.] Hudibras.

2. To lay down. [R.] Southey.

3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism] Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. State Trials(1606).

t. [imp. & p. p. Deponed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deponing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : De*pone"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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. Dunlop.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913