Definition of "depone" in Englisch

verb

1. (intransitive, law) To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.

2. (transitive, law) To take the deposition of; to depose.

3. (transitive, rare, obsolete) To lay, as a stake; to wager.

4. (transitive, obsolete) To lay down; to place

   • c. 1829?, Robert Southey, Inscription at Fort Augustus the obedient element / Lifts or depones its burthen