Depose Definition

dĭ-pōz
deposed, deposes, deposing
verb
deposed, deposes, deposing
To remove from office or a position of power, esp. from a throne; oust.
Webster's New World
To bear witness.
Webster's New World
To dethrone.
American Heritage
To lay down.
Webster's New World
To state or testify under oath but out of court.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Depose

  • Recorded since c.1300, from Old French deposer, from de- "down" + poser "to put, place". Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became totally confused

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English deposen from Old French deposer alteration (influenced by poser to put) of Latin dēpōnere to put down depone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Depose Sentence Examples

  • He may depose emperors and absolve the subjects of the unjust from their allegiance.

  • It was decided to depose him, and the choice of the Bohemians now fell on John of Luxemburg, son of Henry, king of the Romans.

  • From the ecclesiastics Basil likewise insisted on unquestioning obedience, and he did not hesitate to depose by his own authority a metropolitan who was at that time the highest dignitary of the Russian Church.

  • Discontented officers in the army and navy rallied to this idea, and a conspiracy was organized to depose the emperor and declare a republic. On the 14th of November 1889 the palace was quietly surrounded, and on the following morning the emperor and his family were placed on board ship and sent off to Portugal.

  • The royal dukes, John and Charles, had already taken measures to depose him; and in July the rebellion broke out in Osterg3tland.

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