'Depone' definitions:

Definition of 'depone'

From: WordNet
verb
Make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: swear, depose, depone]

Definition of 'Depone'

From: GCIDE
  • Depone \De*pone"\, v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism] [1913 Webster]
  • The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. --Dunlop. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Depone'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To lay down. [R.] --Southey. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism] [1913 Webster]
  • Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. --State Trials(1606). [1913 Webster]

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