Thesaurus: depone

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1. v. t. To lay, as a stake; to wager.
2. v. t. To lay down.
3. v. t. To assert under oath; to depose.
4. v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness.
5. v. make a deposition; declare under oath
6. 1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.] Hudibras. 2. To lay down. [R.] Southey. 3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism] Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. State Trials(1606). To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism] The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. Dunlop.
7. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [AScotticism]The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be calledin question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. Dunlop.
8. v make a deposition; declare under oath