depose

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  1. transitive verb To remove from office or power.
  2. transitive verb To dethrone.
  3. transitive verb Law To state or affirm in a deposition or by affidavit.
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  • We are being told that several Coleman lawyers are not being dispersed around the state to depose, under oath, election officials. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • This would not have been possible had it not been for George W. Bush and the U.S. military, that basically faced-down worldwide criticism in order to depose a barbaric dictator and set up the tools necessary to form a democracy in a dangerous part of the world. —  The Liberty Sphere
  • Great leaders honor the people who want to depose them, the assassins in their midst. —  The Practice of Leadership
  • It will require 75\% of these members to vote to depose Frederick in order for him to lose his chairmanship. —  The Richmond Democrat
  • The hope is that economic turmoil will depose Chávez, making worries about him being a president-for-life a non-issue. —  MRZine.org
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  1. Middle English deposen, from Old French deposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put) of Latin dēpōnere, to put down; see depone.

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  1. from Middle English deposen, lay aside, deprive of office, also intrust, from Old French deposer, French déposer (= Old Spanish deposar), lay down, deposit, testify, with senses of Latin deponere, past participle depositus, lay down, etc. (see depone), but in form confused with Old French poser, Middle Latin pausare, place; so with the other compounds, appose, compose, expose, impose, propose, repose, suppose, transpose: see pose.
 

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