Depose (verb)

  1. To remove from office or power, especially by force.
  2. To give evidence, especially under oath, in a court of law or in a deposition.

Origin:

From latin deponere, from de- + ponere to put, place.

Examples:

  1. The dictator was deposed by a popular uprising.
  2. The king was deposed by his own son.
  3. The president was deposed by a military coup.
  4. The witness was deposed in the trial.
  5. The witness deposed under oath in the deposition.
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