depose

UK: /dɪˈpəʊz/ US: /dɪˈpoʊz/ ,(di pōz′)

Inflections of 'depose' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

deposes

v 3rd person singular

deposing

v pres p

deposed

v past

deposed

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

de•pose /dɪˈpoʊz/   v. [ ~ + obj], -posed, -pos•ing. 

1. to remove from office or position, esp. high office:
   The nobles deposed the king.

See -pos-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

de•pose  (di pōz′), v., -posed, -pos•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to remove from office or position, esp. high office:
   The people deposed the dictator.
2. Law to testify or affirm under oath, esp. in a written statement:
   to depose that it was true.
3. Law to take the deposition of;
   examine under oath:
   Two lawyers deposed the witness.

v.i. 

4. Law to give sworn testimony, esp. in writing.

• Vulgar Latin *posāre, Late Latin pausāre; see pose¹
• Old French deposer to put down, equivalent. to de- de- + poser
• Middle English deposen 1250–1300

de•pos′a•ble, adj. 
de•pos′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

depose / dɪˈpəʊz/ verb

1. (transitive) to remove from an office or position, esp one of power or rank
2. to testify or give (evidence, etc) on oath, esp when taken down in writing; make a deposition

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French deposer to put away, put down, from Late Latin dēpōnere to depose from office, from Latin: to put aside; see depone