Hypertext Webster Gateway: "depositing"

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

Deposit \De*pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deposited}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Depositing}.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See
{Depone}, and cf. {Deposit}, n.]
1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down
(as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the
sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.

The fear is deposited in conscience. --Jer. Taylor.

2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store;
as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit
to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a
bank, as a sum of money subject to order.

4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.]

If what is written prove useful to you, to the
depositing that which I can not but deem an error.
--Hammond.

Note: Both this verb and the noun following were formerly
written {deposite}.


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