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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEPONE, v.t. To lay down as a pledge; to wage.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: swear, depose, depone]

Merriam Webster's

verb (deponed; deponing) Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin deponere, from Latin, to put down, from de- + ponere to put — more at position Date: 15th century testify

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Depone De*pone" (d[-e]*p[=o]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deponed (-p[=o]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Deponing.] [L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See Position, and cf. Deposit.] 1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.] --Hudibras. 2. To lay down. [R.] --Southey. 3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism] Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. --State Trials(1606).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Depone De*pone", v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism] The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. --Dunlop.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. (Old Eng. and Scotch law.) Depose, testify, affirm, state, bear witness.