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Deponed

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.]

  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).

Usage examples of "deponed".

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.