depose
(verb)
verb
1. force to leave (an office)
Definition categories: social, expel, oust
2. make a deposition; declare under oath
Similar word(s): depone, swear
Definition categories: communication, declare
Sentences with depose as a verb:
- 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.