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deposes

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  1. To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
  2. To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.“A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.”
  3. To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
  4. To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.“After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.”

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