deposing

transitive verb deposed, deposing

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)

Origin: 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