depose
- Verb. (literally) (transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
- Verb. (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
- Verb. (legal) (intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
- Verb. (intransitive) To take, swear an oath.
- Verb. (legal) (transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.
- Verb. o testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
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