'Depositing' definitions:

Definition of 'Depositing'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The fear is deposited in conscience. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Both this verb and the noun following were formerly written deposite. [1913 Webster]