MEANING
1. To remove someone from a position of authority, especially a ruler.
2. To give sworn testimony, or to question a witness under oath in a legal deposition.
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Words that belong together
- depose a ruler
- depose a president
- depose the king
On the page
The council deposed the governor but left his spies in their posts.
She feared that the generals would depose her before the harvest was gathered.
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Word forms
- Base
- depose
- Past tense
- deposed
- Past participle
- deposed
- Present participle
- deposing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- depose
- Present continuous
- am/is/are deposing
- Present perfect
- have/has deposed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been deposing
- Past
- deposed
- Past continuous
- was/were deposing
- Past perfect
- had deposed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been deposing
- Future
- will depose
- Future continuous
- will be deposing
- Future perfect
- will have deposed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been deposing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: depose; deposes; deposed; deposed; deposing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: deposes.
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