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depose Definition

de·pose (dē pōz′, di-)

transitive verb -·posed′, -·pos′·ing

  1. to remove from office or a position of power, esp. from a throne; oust
  2. Archaic to lay down
  3. Law
    1. to state or testify under oath but out of court
    2. to take the deposition of (a witness)

Etymology: ME deposen, to deprive of office, testify < OFr deposer, to set down < de- (L de), from, away + poser (see pose), to cease, lie down; confused in sense and form with L deponere (pp. depositus), to lay down, lay aside (in ML, testify): see deposit

intransitive verb

to bear witness

depose Related Forms
de·pos′·able adjective
depose Synonyms

depose

v.

remove, oust, dethrone, impeach; see dismiss 1, 2, oust.

depose Law Definition

v

To take a person’s deposition; to make a written, sworn statement, such as an affidavit.
depose Usage Examples

Object

  • dictator: We also won a war and deposed a brutal dictator.
  • emperor: Selassie, the deposed emperor of Ethiopia, is considered divine by the Rastafarian religion.
  • constable: A constable deposed to defendants standing on the footpath at a street corner for about ten minutes.
  • king: The Edwardian Conquest of Wales Why were medieval kings deposed?
  • president: I am a relative of the deposed president of Liberia, Charles Taylor.
  • regime: Other criminal gangs justify raping women for their supposed links to the deposed regime.

Subject

  • coup: When the President is deposed by a military coup, Tony is sacked and deported back to England.
  • force: He should have been deposed by force in 1991 when, instead, the Iraqi opposition forces were effectively betrayed by the coalition.

Preposition: as

  • leader: December 1890 Parnell was deposed as leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party.

Modifying Another Word

  • recently: The was particularly true in France where memories of the recently deposed monarchy were still strong and the political situation was volatile.
  • again: The same year he attended the synods of Tarsus and Antioch, at both of which Cyril was again deposed and anathematized.
  • not: Richards recovered strongly from a first-lap spin at Druids, but could not depose the defiant Rice.
  • eventually: The Shah, the main sponsor, was eventually deposed of course.
  • finally: Macbeth was defeated, but not finally deposed and killed until 1057.
  • then: For insisting on his settlement, the seven members of presbytery who took this course were first suspended and then deposed.

Preposition: in

  • coup: In 1967 the government in Athens was deposed in a military coup.
  • favor: In 1910 King Manoel II was deposed in favor of a republican government.

Preposition: from

  • office: Since he was deposed from office in 1998, Erdogan became a symbol of oppression by the Turkish regime.

Preposition: by

  • coup: When the President is deposed by a military coup, Tony is sacked and deported back to England.
  • force: He should have been deposed by force in 1991 when, instead, the Iraqi opposition forces were effectively betrayed by the coalition.