de·po·nent 
(dĭ-pōnənt)
(dĭ-pōnənt)adj.
Grammar
Grammar
Being a verb of active meaning but passive or middle form, as certain Latin and Greek verbs.
n.
1. Grammar A deponent verb.
2. Law One who gives testimony by affidavit or deposition.
[Middle English, from Late Latin (verbum) dēpōnēns, (verbum) dēpōnent-, deponent (verb), present participle of Latin dēpōnere, to put down; see DEPONE.]
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