Depose
(verb)
- To remove from office or power, especially by force.
- 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:
- The dictator was deposed by a popular uprising.
- The king was deposed by his own son.
- The president was deposed by a military coup.
- The witness was deposed in the trial.
- The witness deposed under oath in the deposition.