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单词 deposition
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depositionn.

/diːpə(ʊ)ˈzɪʃən//dɛpə(ʊ)ˈzɪʃən/
Forms: Also Middle English -ycion, Middle English–1600s -icion, 1500s -icyon.
Etymology: < Old French deposition, also desp- (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin dēpositiōn-em , noun of action < dēpōnĕre : see depose v. Used as the noun of action < depone, depose, and deposit.
I. The action of putting down or deposing.
1. The taking down of the body of Christ from the cross; a representation of this in art.[Cf. Latin dēpōnere in Vulgate, Mk. xv. 46, Luke xxiii. 53.]
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > crucifixion > taking down body
depositiona1530
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCviv The maner of..his deposicyon or takynge downe from the crosse.
1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. 358 In the Descent or Deposition from the Cross, and in the Entombment, Mary Magdalene is generally conspicuous.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany viii. 118 The figures..represent the Judgment of Pilate, the Bearing the Cross, the Deposition, the Entombment, the Resurrection.
2. The action of laying down, laying aside, or putting away (e.g. a burden); usually figurative. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [noun]
everting1568
deposition1577
discarding1600
excussion1607
dispatch1608
reposition1617
absolution1655
depositing1667
discardment1713
discardurea1762
cashiering1826
dropping1859
discard1906
junking1911
shedding1945
load-shedding1947
1577 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory 116 The day of Christian mens death is the deposition of paine.
1615 S. Hieron Certaine Vsefull Medit. Death in Wks. (1620) I. 653 As it were, the quitting himselfe of a burthen, by the deposition whereof the soule is after a sort eased and lightened.
?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Apollo in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 44 Why sit ye heere so stupified?.. Nor deposition make Of nauall Arms?
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. iv. 402 The Soul is reduced to a state of Inactivity by the Deposition of the gross Body.
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3. Surgery. ‘Old term for the depressing of the lens in the operation of couching’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). Obsolete.
4. The action of deposing or putting down from a position of dignity or authority; degradation, dethronement.
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun]
off-puttinga1387
supplantationa1393
deposal1397
deposition1399
amotion1441
privation1444
subversion1470
deposing1480
dispointment1483
quietus est1530
cassing1550
deprivation1551
remove1553
destitution1554
depose1559
abdication1574
dismissionc1600
renvoy1600
displacement1611
deprivement1630
quietus1635
removal1645
deposure1648
displacing1655
cashierment1656
discarding1660
amoval1675
depriving1705
superannuation1722
separation1779
ouster1782
disestablishment1806
dismissal1849
epuration1883
deprival1886
purge1893
1399 Rolls of Parl. III. 452/1 If [they] evere be adheraunt to Richard that was Kyng and is deposed, in counsel, helpe, or comfort agayns that deposition.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 283 After the deposicion of kynge Hildericus.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. viii To resigne..all the homages and fealties dewe to him as kyng..But or this deposicion was executed [etc.].
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 150 in Justice Vindicated Henry the Fourth his unjust usurpation, and deposition of..Richard the Second.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 206 The word Deposition properly signifies a solemn depriving of a Man of his Clerical Orders by the way of a Sentence.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xv. 287 Kings are said to find the step a short one from deposition to the scaffold.
5.
a. The giving of testimony upon oath in a court of law, or the testimony so given; spec. a statement in answer to interrogatories, constituting evidence, taken down in writing to be read in court as a substitute for the production of the witness.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > testimony or statement of witness > on oath
saying1443
depositiona1513
deposita1773
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxiiii Mychaell Tony..was by deposycion of the Aldermen founde gylty in the sayde cryme of Periury.
1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 9 §6 If any Person..commit..Perjury, by his..Deposition in any of the Courts.
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. i. 13 As well by deposition of witnesses, as by all other kinde of proofes.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 149 A witness is obliged to swear pro formâ, otherwise his Deposition is not valid without an Oath.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon (at cited word) It is a..rule at common law, that when the witness himself may be produced, his deposition cannot be read, for it is not the best evidence.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. x. 544 The statements of the witnesses are reduced to writing, and are then termed depositions.
b. transferred and figurative. Testimony, statement (esp. of formal character).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > piece of
tokenOE
witnessa1325
samplec1380
argumentc1384
weda1400
reporta1425
testimonial1495
notea1555
testimony1597
vouchera1616
attestate1630
manifesto1644
deposition1648
vouchee1657
testatur1702
1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia ix. ii The influence of Princes upon the disposition of their Courts, needs not the deposition of examples.
1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory II. 9 The depositions of consciousness on this matter.
c. Allegation (of something).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun]
acoupementc1300
accusinga1350
impeachment1387
accusementa1393
accusation?c1400
witingc1449
charge1477
impetition1530
threap1538
imputationa1586
deposition1587
impeach1591
insimulation1592
accusal1594
arraignment1595
taxation1605
arguing1611
tax1613
impositiona1616
tainture1621
incusation1623
touchinga1625
aggravation1626
accrimination1655
compellation1656
imputea1657
inculpation1798
finger-pointing1851
j'accuse1899
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. ***iv Others: whose depositions or rather oppositions against vs, I thinke men will wonder at.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. xiii I will give a clear and full Answer to every part of their Depositions.
II. The action of depositing.
6. The action of depositing, laying down, or placing in a more or less permanent or final position; spec. interment [medieval Latin dēpositio in liturgical language], or placing of a saint's body or relics in a new resting-place.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun]
layingc1330
pitchinga1398
settinga1398
couchingc1400
stowingc1440
placingc1449
stelling1560
disposition1563
location1568
planting1585
situation1589
collocation1605
situating1611
disposurea1625
depositure1635
allodgement1639
instalment1646
fixation1652
deposition1659
lodgement1713
repositing1713
emplacement1742
bestowal1773
locating1774
disposal1828
placement1844
allocation1846
enlodgement1884
siting1902
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > types of burial or entombment > [noun] > of a saint's body or relics
depositure1635
deposition1659
1659 O. Walker Περιαμμα Ἐπιδήμιον 78 True Christians..allow that which Christ hath redeemed a civill deposition, a decent Repose. Adam had a worthy Sepulchre.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §167 After being wrought, to be returned to its place of deposition.
1833 W. Whewell Astron. & Gen. Physics i. 27 The ripening of the seed, its proper deposition in order for the reproduction of a new plant.
1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 130 The deposition of the eggs by these insect cuckoos.
1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Intr. xlv The depositio or burial being in these cases commemorated rather than the natalis or birthday to the future life.]
7. The placing of something in a repository, or in charge of a person, for safe keeping; concrete a deposit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > entrusting to another's care or keeping > placing in safe-keeping
deposition1592
depositation1622
deposita1773
depositure1884
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > person or thing in another's care > something in safe-keeping
depostc1384
deposition1592
depositum1592
deposita1660
depot1835
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > depositing money > a deposit of money
deposit1753
depositum1756
deposition1817
time deposit1846
1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. , §16 A Deposition is a Contract reall in which a thing moueable is freelie giuen to be kept, that the selfe same thing be restored whensoeuer it shall please him that so leaueth it.
1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 140 The depositions committed to the Churches trust.
1817 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (ed. 5) III. vi. vii. 279 Every fresh deposition [in a savings bank].
8.
a. The process of depositing or fact of being deposited by natural agency; precipitation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [noun] > solid matter which falls to bottom of liquid > fact of depositing
precipitationa1550
precipitating1639
depot1794
deposition1799
depositation1806
deposit1823
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 11 The crystallization, precipitation, and deposition of these solids.
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vi. 162 A deposition of dew presently begins.
1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life 214 The average rate of Deposition of the Sedimentary Rocks.
b. The result of this process; a deposit, precipitate, sediment.
ΚΠ
1797 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) xxiv. 450 I have found [the pineal] gland without any deposition of earthy matter.
1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xiii. 111 A common pane of crown glass..that has on its surface a fine deposition of moisture.
1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 133 The symmetrical and figurate depositions of siliceous crystals.
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