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depone

[ dih-pohn ]

verb (used with or without object)

deponed, deponing.
  1. to testify under oath; depose.


depone

/ »åɪˈ±èəʊ²Ô /

verb

  1. law Scots law to declare (something) under oath; testify; depose
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of depone1

1525–35; < Latin »åŧ±èŲԱð°ù±ð to put away, down, aside ( Medieval Latin: to testify), equivalent to »åŧ- de- + ±èŲԱð°ù±ð to put
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of depone1

C16: from Latin »åŧ±èŲԱð°ù±ð to put down, from de- + ±èŲԱð°ù±ð to put, place
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"But you depone that he charged you to tell only the truth?"

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"In great force, you say, serjeant?" added Stubbs; "in overwhelming force—madness to attack them—you can depone on oath before a court-martial?"

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He deponed that, on the night of August 4, Gowrie bade him and Andrew Ruthven ride early to Falkland with the Master, and return, if the Master ordered him so to do, with a message. 

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One witness deponed that she saw the accused in a certain place at 5.40 P.M.

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And she hath deponed that on other nights, too, this has happened, that the Queen's Highness, when she hath come late to bed, hath equally done the same thing.

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