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deponents

deponents is the plural of deponent.

Meaning of deponent

Noun

deponent (plural deponents)

  1. A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
    • The said William Aitken, being of new solemnly sworn, &c., depones he is a Burgess of Hawick, and had the property of a house which he now liferents, the fee being disponed to his son-in-law, Bailie Robert Scot, for the use of his son William, his daughter, Bailie Scot's wife, having paid the price...1898, R. S. Craig, Adam Laing, The Hawick Tradition of 1514: The Town's Common Flag and Seal, page 240
  2. A deponent verb.

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Questions about deponents

What is deponents the plural of?
Deponents is the plural of deponent.

Words near deponents in the dictionary

  1. depone
  2. deponed
  3. deponent
  4. deponential
  5. deponently
  6. deponents
  7. deponer
  8. deponers
  9. depones
  10. deponeth
  11. deponing

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