depose

Definition

To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.

Etymology

Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.

Example Sentences

• "additional mud deposed upon it"
• "A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution."
• "a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed"

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