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.