De*pone" (d&esl;*pōn"), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Deponed (-pōnd");
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).
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.
