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deposite


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  The  fear  is  deposited  in  conscience.  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  2.  To  lay  up  or  away  for  safe  keeping;  to  put  up  to  store; 
  as  to  deposit  goods  in  a  warehouse. 
 
  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 
 
  4.  To  lay  aside;  to  rid  one's  self  of  [Obs.] 
 
  If  what  is  written  prove  useful  to  you  to  the 
  depositing  that  which  I  can  not  but  deem  an  error. 
  --Hammond. 
 
  Note:  Both  this  verb  and  the  noun  following  were  formerly 
  written  {deposite}.