depose

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

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