单词 | depone |
释义 | deponev. Chiefly Scottish. 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. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1533 |
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