"depose" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈpəʊz/ [UK], /diˈpoʊz/ [US], /dəˈpoʊz/ [US] Audio: en-us-depose.ogg [US] Forms: deposes [present, singular, third-person], deposing [participle, present], deposed [participle, past], deposed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊz 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|deposer}} Old French deposer, {{m|fro|de-|t=down}} de- (“down”), {{m|fro|poser|t=to put, place}} poser (“to put, place”), {{m|en|deposition|Deposition}} Deposition, {{m|en|deposit}} deposit, {{m|en||depose}} depose Head templates: {{en-verb}} depose (third-person singular simple present deposes, present participle deposing, simple past and past participle deposed)
  1. (literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away. Tags: literally, transitive Translations (to put - or lay something down): депонирам (deponiram) (Bulgarian), neerleggen (Dutch), niederlegen (German), deponieren (German), depune (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-depose-en-verb-RlVJCwQJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 12 7 9 11 16 Disambiguation of 'to put - or lay something down': 83 5 2 2 2 6
  2. (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent. Tags: transitive Translations (to remove (a leader) from office): عزل (ʕazal) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), տապալել (tapalel) (Armenian), գահընկեց անել (gahənkecʿ anel) (Armenian), детронирам (detroniram) (Bulgarian), sesadit [perfective] (Czech), svrhnout [perfective] (Czech), afzetten (Dutch), onttronen (english: monarch only) (Dutch), uit het ambt ontzetten (Dutch), suistaa vallasta (Finnish), absetzen (German), entthronen (english: monarch only) (German), הדיח (hediyakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), eltávolít (Hungarian), letesz (Hungarian), (Ceannaire) do briseadh amach (Irish), aithríoghadh (english: monarch only) (Irish), whakataka (Maori), dymisjonować [imperfective, perfective] (Polish), zdymisjonować [perfective] (Polish), odwoływać [imperfective] (Polish), odwołać [perfective] (Polish), detronizować [imperfective, literary] (Polish), zdetronizować [literary, perfective] (Polish), detronare [feminine] (Romanian), низлага́ть (nizlagátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), низложи́ть (nizložítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), svrgnuti (Serbo-Croatian), avsätta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-depose-en-verb-RKNMLPx2 Disambiguation of 'to remove (a leader) from office': 14 70 2 7 4 4
  3. (law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Law Translations (to give evidence or testimony): давам показания (davam pokazanija) (Bulgarian), getuigen (Dutch), getuigenis afleggen (Dutch), unter Eid m aussagen (German), bezeugen (German), tanúsít (Hungarian), fianaise a thabhairt (Irish), depor (Portuguese), mărturisi (Romanian), a depune mărturie (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-depose-en-verb-ZFLAzZVf Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to give evidence or testimony': 5 2 65 14 3 11
  4. (law, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law Translations (to interrogate and elicit testimony): laten getuigen (Dutch), onttronen (Dutch), uit het ambt ontzetten (Dutch), eed getuigenis/ afleggen afnemen (Dutch), verhoren (Dutch), verhören (German)
    Sense id: en-depose-en-verb-pfiDw~~9 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to interrogate and elicit testimony': 11 3 19 54 2 11
  5. (intransitive) To take or swear an oath. Tags: intransitive Translations (to take an oath): давам клетва (davam kletva) (Bulgarian), een/de eed afleggen/ zweren (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-depose-en-verb-VuzB4Of7 Disambiguation of 'to take an oath': 14 6 4 3 67 7
  6. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
    Sense id: en-depose-en-verb-9QcKyPbE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: declare Derived forms: deposable, deposal, indeposable, undeposable Related terms: deponent, deposit, deposition, depositio de bene esse

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
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          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
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          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
          "word": "suistaa vallasta"
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          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
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          "english": "monarch only",
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          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
          "word": "entthronen"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hediyakh",
          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "14 70 2 7 4 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
          "word": "eltávolít"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
          "word": "letesz"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
          "word": "(Ceannaire) do briseadh amach"
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          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
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          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
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          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
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          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
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          "word": "odwołać"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
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          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "detronare"
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          "_dis1": "14 70 2 7 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nizlagátʹ",
          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "низлага́ть"
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          "_dis1": "14 70 2 7 4 4",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nizložítʹ",
          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "низложи́ть"
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          "_dis1": "14 70 2 7 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
          "word": "svrgnuti"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
          "word": "avsätta"
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          "roman": "davam pokazanija",
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          "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
          "word": "getuigen"
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          "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
          "word": "unter Eid m aussagen"
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          "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
          "word": "fianaise a thabhairt"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
          "word": "depor"
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          "_dis1": "11 3 19 54 2 11",
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          "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
          "word": "laten getuigen"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
          "word": "onttronen"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
          "word": "uit het ambt ontzetten"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
          "word": "eed getuigenis/ afleggen afnemen"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
          "word": "verhoren"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
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        "(intransitive) To take or swear an oath."
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          "_dis1": "14 6 4 3 67 7",
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          "roman": "davam kletva",
          "sense": "to take an oath",
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          "sense": "to take an oath",
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      "ipa": "/diˈpoʊz/",
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        "US"
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      "ipa": "/dəˈpoʊz/",
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      "word": "deposable"
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      "word": "deposal"
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      "word": "deposition"
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      "word": "depositio de bene esse"
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        "To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away."
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          "lay down"
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        "(literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution."
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      "glosses": [
        "To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent."
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          "remove"
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          "lead",
          "lead"
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        "(transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent."
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        "transitive"
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        "To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition"
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          "evidence",
          "evidence"
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        "(law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition"
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        "intransitive"
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          "text": "After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial."
        }
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        "To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer."
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        "(law, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer."
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        "transitive"
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        "law"
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      "glosses": [
        "To take or swear an oath."
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          "oath"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To take or swear an oath."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands",
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        "To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm."
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          "bear witness",
          "bear witness"
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/diˈpoʊz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "ipa": "/dəˈpoʊz/",
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        "US"
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      "rhymes": "-əʊz"
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      "word": "declare"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "deponiram",
      "sense": "to put - or lay something down",
      "word": "депонирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to put - or lay something down",
      "word": "neerleggen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put - or lay something down",
      "word": "niederlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put - or lay something down",
      "word": "deponieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to put - or lay something down",
      "word": "depune"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕazal",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "عزل"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tapalel",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "տապալել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gahənkecʿ anel",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "գահընկեց անել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "detroniram",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "детронирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sesadit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "svrhnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "afzetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "english": "monarch only",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "onttronen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "uit het ambt ontzetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "suistaa vallasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "absetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "monarch only",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "entthronen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hediyakh",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הדיח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "eltávolít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "letesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "(Ceannaire) do briseadh amach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "english": "monarch only",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "aithríoghadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "whakataka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dymisjonować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdymisjonować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odwoływać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odwołać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "detronizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdetronizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "detronare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nizlagátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "низлага́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nizložítʹ",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "низложи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "svrgnuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove (a leader) from office",
      "word": "avsätta"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "davam pokazanija",
      "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
      "word": "давам показания"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
      "word": "getuigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
      "word": "getuigenis afleggen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
      "word": "unter Eid m aussagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
      "word": "bezeugen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
      "word": "tanúsít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
      "word": "fianaise a thabhairt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
      "word": "depor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
      "word": "mărturisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to give evidence or testimony",
      "word": "a depune mărturie"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "davam kletva",
      "sense": "to take an oath",
      "word": "давам клетва"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to take an oath",
      "word": "een/de eed afleggen/ zweren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
      "word": "laten getuigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
      "word": "onttronen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
      "word": "uit het ambt ontzetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
      "word": "eed getuigenis/ afleggen afnemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
      "word": "verhoren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to interrogate and elicit testimony",
      "word": "verhören"
    }
  ],
  "word": "depose"
}

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