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单词 depose
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•pose /dɪˈpoʊz/USA pronunciation   v. [ + obj], -posed, -pos•ing. 
  1. to remove from office or position, esp. high office:The nobles deposed the king.
See -pos-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•pose  (di pōz),USA pronunciation v., -posed, -pos•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to remove from office or position, esp. high office:The people deposed the dictator.
  2. Lawto testify or affirm under oath, esp. in a written statement:to depose that it was true.
  3. Lawto take the deposition of;
    examine under oath:Two lawyers deposed the witness.

v.i. 
  1. Lawto give sworn testimony, esp. in writing.
  • Vulgar Latin *posāre, Late Latin pausāre; see pose1
  • Old French deposer to put down, equivalent. to de- de- + poser
  • Middle English deposen 1250–1300
de•posa•ble, adj. 
de•poser, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
depose /dɪˈpəʊz/ vb
  1. (transitive) to remove from an office or position, esp one of power or rank
  2. to testify or give (evidence, etc) on oath, esp when taken down in writing; make a deposition
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French deposer to put away, put down, from Late Latin dēpōnere to depose from office, from Latin: to put aside; see depone
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