depose

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• UK: /dɪˈpəʊz/
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• US: /diˈpoʊz/
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• US: /dəˈpoʊz/
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Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, 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 thoroughly confused.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: депонирам (deponiram) — to put - or lay something down
• Dutch: neerleggen — to put - or lay something down
• German: niederlegen — to put - or lay something down
• German: deponieren — to put - or lay something down
• Romanian: depune — to put - or lay something down
• Arabic: عزل (ʕazal) — to remove (a leader) from office
• Armenian: տապալել (tapalel) — to remove (a leader) from office
• Armenian: գահընկեց անել (gahənkecʻ anel) — to remove (a leader) from office
• Bulgarian: детронирам (detroniram) — to remove (a leader) from office
• Czech: sesadit — to remove (a leader) from office
• Czech: svrhnout — to remove (a leader) from office
• Czech: zbavit funkce — to remove (a leader) from office
• Dutch: afzetten — to remove (a leader) from office
• Dutch: onttronen — to remove (a leader) from office
• Dutch: uit het ambt ontzetten — to remove (a leader) from office
• Finnish: suistaa vallasta — to remove (a leader) from office
• German: absetzen — to remove (a leader) from office
• German: entthronen — to remove (a leader) from office
• Hebrew: הדיח (hediyakh) — to remove (a leader) from office
• Hungarian: eltávolít — to remove (a leader) from office
• Hungarian: letesz — to remove (a leader) from office
• Irish: (Ceannaire) do briseadh amach — to remove (a leader) from office
• Irish: aithríoghadh — to remove (a leader) from office
• Latin: dēpōnō — to remove (a leader) from office
• Māori: whakataka — to remove (a leader) from office
• Polish: dymisjonować — to remove (a leader) from office
• Polish: zdymisjonować — to remove (a leader) from office
• Polish: odwoływać — to remove (a leader) from office
• Polish: odwołać — to remove (a leader) from office
• Polish: detronizować — to remove (a leader) from office
• Polish: zdetronizować — to remove (a leader) from office
• Portuguese: depor — to remove (a leader) from office
• Romanian: detronare — to remove (a leader) from office
• Russian: низлага́ть (nizlagátʹ) — to remove (a leader) from office
• Russian: низложи́ть (nizložítʹ) — to remove (a leader) from office
• Serbo-Croatian: svrgnuti — to remove (a leader) from office
• Spanish: desponer — to remove (a leader) from office
• Spanish: deponer — to remove (a leader) from office
• Swedish: avsätta — to remove (a leader) from office
• Bulgarian: давам показания (davam pokazanija) — to give evidence or testimony
• Czech: vypovídat pod přísahou — to give evidence or testimony
• Czech: svědčit pod přísahou — to give evidence or testimony
• Dutch: getuigen — to give evidence or testimony
• Dutch: getuigenis afleggen — to give evidence or testimony
• German: unter Eid m aussagen — to give evidence or testimony
• German: bezeugen — to give evidence or testimony
• Hungarian: tanúsít — to give evidence or testimony
• Irish: fianaise a thabhairt — to give evidence or testimony
• Portuguese: depor — to give evidence or testimony
• Romanian: mărturisi — to give evidence or testimony
• Romanian: a depune mărturie — to give evidence or testimony
• Spanish: deposar — to give evidence or testimony
• Spanish: deponer — to give evidence or testimony
• Spanish: desponer — to give evidence or testimony
• Bulgarian: давам клетва (davam kletva) — to take an oath
• Dutch: een/de eed afleggen/ zweren — to take an oath
• Dutch: laten getuigen — to interrogate and elicit testimony
• Dutch: onttronen — to interrogate and elicit testimony
• Dutch: uit het ambt ontzetten — to interrogate and elicit testimony
• Dutch: eed getuigenis/ afleggen afnemen — to interrogate and elicit testimony
• Dutch: verhoren — to interrogate and elicit testimony
• German: verhören — to interrogate and elicit testimony