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deponed

deponed is the simple past and past participle of depone.

Meaning of depone

Verb

depone (third-person singular simple present depones, present participle deponing, simple past and past participle deponed)

  1. (intransitive) To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
    • These two females did afterwards depone that Mr. Willet in his consternation uttered but one word1841, Charles Dickens, chapter LIV, in Barnaby Rudge
  2. (transitive) To take the deposition of; to depose.
  3. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To lay, as a stake; to wager.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To lay down; to place
    • c. 1829?, Robert Southey, Inscription at Fort Augustus
      the obedient element / Lifts or depones its burthen

Questions about deponed

What is deponed the simple past and past participle of?
Deponed is the simple past and past participle of depone.

Words near deponed in the dictionary

  1. depolyploidize
  2. depolyploidized
  3. depolyploidizes
  4. depolyploidizing
  5. depone
  6. deponed
  7. deponent
  8. deponential
  9. deponently
  10. deponents
  11. deponer

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