Crossword clues for depone
depone
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Depone \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.
Depone \De*pone"\ (d[-e]*p[=o]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deponed (-p[=o]nd"); 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.]
To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.]
--Hudibras.To lay down. [R.]
--Southey.-
To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism]
Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference.
--State Trials(1606).
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive legal English) To testify, especially in the form of a deposition. 2 (context transitive legal English) To take the deposition of; to depose. 3 To lay, as a stake; to wager. 4 To lay down.
WordNet
Usage examples of "depone".
I canna depone to having ever seen ane mysell, but, I ance heard ane whistle ahint me in the moss, as like a whaup [Curlew] as ae thing could be like anither.
These two females did afterwards depone that Mr Willet in his consternation uttered but one word, and called that up the stairs in a stentorian voice, six distinct times.
Isobel MacHardie, in whose service Macpherson was, deponed that one night in summer, June, 1750, while she lay at one end of the sheiling (a hill hut for shepherds or neatherds) and Macpherson lay at the other, "she saw something naked come in at the door, which frighted her so much that she drew the clothes over her head.
Toby made a rude gesture at the man's deponing back, realized that Flynn was still lying on the deck, and hauled him to his feet.