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单词 deponent
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•po•nent  (di pō′nənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Grammar[Class. Gk. and Latin Gram.](of a verb) appearing only in the passive or Greek middle-voice forms, but with active meaning.

n. 
  1. Lawa person who testifies under oath, esp. in writing.
  2. Grammar[Class. Gk. and Latin Gram.]a deponent verb, as Latin loquor.
  • Latin dēpōnent- (stem of dēpōnēns) putting away (Medieval Latin: testifying), present participle of dēpōnere. See depone, -ent
  • 1520–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
deponent /dɪˈpəʊnənt/ adj
  1. (of a verb, esp in Latin) having the inflectional endings of a passive verb but the meaning of an active verb
 n
  1. a deponent verb
  2. a person who makes an affidavit
  3. a person, esp a witness, who makes a deposition
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin dēpōnēns putting aside, putting down, from dēpōnere to put down, depone
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