depone

See also: deponé

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin depono (“lay down, deposit, entrust”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊn

Verb

1. (intransitive, law) To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
2. (transitive, law) To take the deposition of; to depose.
3. (transitive) To lay, as a stake; to wager.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Hudibras to this entry?)

4. (transitive) To lay down.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Southey to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Pedone, opened

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Italian

Verb

depone

1. third-person singular present indicative of deporre

Anagrams

• pedone

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēpōne

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēpōnō

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Spanish

Verb

depone

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of deponer.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of deponer.