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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}.
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