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verb
To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To take the deposition of; to depose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To lay, as a stake; to wager.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To lay down; to place
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
make a deposition; declare under oath
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: swear, depose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: declare
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Indo-European *h2pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō English depone From Latin dēpōnō (“lay down, deposit, entrust”).
