Definition of "depose" in Englisch

verb

1. (literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.

2. (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).

   • A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.

3. (law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.

4. (law, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.

   • After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.

5. (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.

6. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.