Word Meanings - DEPOSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. Thus when the state one Edward did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose. Dryden. 2. To let fall; to deposit. Additional mud deposed upon it. Woodward. 3. To remove from a throne or other

Additional info about word: DEPOSE

1. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. Thus when the state one Edward did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose. Dryden. 2. To let fall; to deposit. Additional mud deposed upon it. Woodward. 3. To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office. A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed. Prynne. 4. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. Abbott. To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. Bacon. 5. To put under oath. Depose him in the justice of his cause. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEPOSE)

• Affirm
• Assert
• swear
• testify
• tell
• aver
• propound
• asseverate
• depose
• state
• declare
• endorse
• maintain
• Allege
• Declare
• affirm
• assert
• plead
• cite
• quote
• assign
• advance
• say
• Asseverate
• pronounce
• statement
• avow
• avouch
• allege
• protest
• claim
• Deprive
• Strip
• bereave
• despoil
• rob
• divest
• dispossess
• abridge
• prevent
• hinder
• Dethrone
• Uncrown

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DEPOSE)

• Retard
• hinder
• withhold
• withdraw
• recall
• depress
• degrade
• suppress
• oppose
• retreat
• decrease
• Forego
• waive
• disclaim
• abjure
• disavow
• abandon
• concede
• surrender
• repudiate
• Suppress
• repress
• suppose
• imply
• deny
• contradict
• retract

Related words: (words related to DEPOSE)

• ASSIGNEE
  In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. (more info) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act,
• MAINTAIN
  by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace;
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• IMPLY
  1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. "His head in curls implied." Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is
• DEPRIVEMENT
  Deprivation.
• CONTRADICTABLE
  Capable of being contradicting.
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• DIVESTITURE
  The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• ENDORSER
  See INDORSER
• DIVESTMENT
  The act of divesting.
• AVOUCHMENT
  The act of avouching; positive declaration. Milton.
• STRIPPING
  The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. (more info) 1. The act of one who strips. The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. H. Spencer. Never were cows that required
• AFFIRMATIVELY
  In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.
• ASSERT
  self, claim, maintain; ad + serere to join or bind together. See 1. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to
• PLEADINGS
  The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some
• RETRACTOR
  One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
• CONTRADICTIVE
  Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv..
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• ASSERTORY
  Affirming; maintaining. Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory. Jer. Taylor. An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. Bentham. A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual. Sir W. Hamilton.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• OLD LINE STATE
  Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
• RECLAIMABLE
  That may be reclaimed.
• ENSTATE
  See INSTATE
• MAINSWEAR
  To swear falsely. Blount.
• UNSTRIPED
  Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers. (more info) 1. Not striped.