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单词 depone
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deponev.

Brit. /dᵻˈpəʊn/, U.S. /dəˈpoʊn/, /diˈpoʊn/, Scottish English /dᵻˈpon/
Etymology: < Latin dēpōnĕre to lay away or aside, to lay down, put down, depose, deposit; in medieval Latin to testify (Du Cange); < de- prefix 1a, 1b + pōnĕre to put, place; compare depose v.
Chiefly Scottish.
1. transitive. To lay down (a burden, an office); to deposit. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate (office) [verb (transitive)]
to leave up1422
depone1533
surcease1552
dimit1563
demit1567
abdicate1570
to lay downa1715
vacate1850
society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > resign (an office or position)
resigna1387
to leave up1422
depone1533
surcease1552
dimit1563
demit1567
to lay downa1715
ankle1936
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iv. 357 He had causit the maister of chevelry to depone his office.
1649–50 Foord in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dec. I. 394 (Jam.) Who had deponed his money in David his hand.
1829 R. Southey Inscriptions Caledonian Canal ii, in A. Cunningham Anniversary 196 The obedient element Lifts or depones its burthen.
2. To remove from office; = depose v. 3. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) ii. 106 Gif he..had deponit ony of the kingis afore rehersit fra thair empire and kingdome.
3. To state or declare upon oath; to depose v.
a. with simple object; also †to depone an oath (serment).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] > swear an oath or take an oath > state or declare an oath
benamec1000
swear1390
depose?a1500
deponec1550
dejeratea1641
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 107 Iunius brutus..gart them depone ane serment that thai suld al concur.
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 26 He himself hes confessed all that they deponed.
1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xix. 331 Any thing they could have to depone anent the spulzie.
b. with clause.
ΚΠ
1600 Earle of Gowries Conspiracie sig. D2 Andrew Hendersoun..depones, that the earle inquired of him what he would be doing vpon the morne.
a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) ii. 297 Andr. Martin Servitour to the Lord of Pollock..Depones, That he was present in the house.
1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft viii. 265 Who deponed that he saw a cat jump into the accused person's cottage window.
1842 R. H. Barham Dead Drummer in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 208 One Mr. Jones Comes forth and depones That, fifteen years since, he had heard certain groans.
4. intransitive. To declare upon oath; to testify, bear testimony. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)]
to bear (one) witnesslOE
witne?c1225
to bear witnessinga1300
to bear recordc1330
testimonyc1330
testify1377
witnessc1380
recordc1400
militatec1600
suffragate1620
testate1624
depone1640
attest1672
rap1728
certify1874
certificate1907
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence [verb (intransitive)] > act as witness
to stand in witness1516
depose1529
depone1640
evidence1656
1640 R. Baillie Ladensium Αὐτοκατάκρισις iii. 34 Two witnesses..deponing before all England to King Iames.
1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 26 Prosecuted for not deponeing in the matter of Field-Meetings.
1793 Trial of Fyshe Palmer 66 He was the more difficulted to depone to the letter, as, etc.
1833 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. II. x. 74 He could not depone to one fact against the accused.
figurative.1833 T. Chalmers Bridgewater Treat. i. i. 61 This fact or phenomenon..depones strongly both for a God and for the supreme righteousness of his nature.1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) 414 We cannot be ignorant of what is deponed to in the opposites of the axiom.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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