Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Depone"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Depone \De*pone"\ (d[-e]*p[=o]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deponed}
(-p[=o]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deponing}.] [L. deponere,
depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- +
ponere to put, place. See {Position}, and cf. {Deposit}.]
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).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Depone \De*pone"\, v. i.
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

depone
v : make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: {swear}, {depose}]


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