depose

Verb

Verb Forms: deposed, deposing, deposes

To remove from office or a position of power.
force to leave (an office)
make a deposition; declare under oath
To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.
To take or swear an oath.
To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.

Examples

A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
One strong move can DEPOSE an opponent’s confidence in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.

Synonyms

depone, force out, swear

Antonyms

restore

Scrabble Score: 9

depose: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
depose: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
depose: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

depose: valid Words With Friends Word