De*pone" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deponed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deponing.] [L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See Position, and cf. Deposit.]
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).
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De*pone", v. i.
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.
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