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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To lay down [R.] --Southey. 3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism] Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. --State Trials(1606). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Depone \De*pone"\, v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism] The fairy Glorians whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. --Dunlop. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: depone v : make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: {swear}, {depose}]
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