Past tense of depose
regular verb
The past tense of depose is deposed. The past participle is also deposed.
Forms of depose
| Base form (V1) | depose /dɪˈpəʊz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | deposed |
| Past participle (V3) | deposed |
| Present participle | deposing |
| Third person singular | deposes |
Deposed in a sentence
- 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.
- The view that CLT deposed grammar may also stem from a tendency to equate grammar with accuracy.1999, Scott Thornbury, How to Teach Grammar, Harlow: Longman, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry CLT
- Deposed King: 'KING KNIGHT REIGNS NO MORE?2014, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Village. From the entry huzzah
- Alexander, the ancient vampire who has ruled Paris for many centuries, has been deposed by his own childe, Sir Geoffrey.2003, Janet Trautvetter, Dark Ages: Toreador, page 5. From the entry childe
Meaning of depose
- verb To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
- verb To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
- verb To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
Questions about the past tense of depose
- What is the past tense of depose?
- The past tense of depose is deposed.
- What is the past participle of depose?
- The past participle of depose is deposed.
- Is depose a regular or irregular verb?
- Depose is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: depose (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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