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Thesaurus: depose

To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside.

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  1. v. t. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside.
  2. v. t. To let fall; to deposit.
  3. v. t. To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.
  4. v. t. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use.
  5. v. t. To put under oath.
  6. v. i. To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
  7. v. force to leave (an office)
  8. v. make a deposition; declare under oath
  9. To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.Then, seeing't was he that made you to despose, Your oath, my lord,is vain and frivolous. Shak.
  10. v:100 v. force to leave (an office)