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depose

a) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.

A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored on it in a next revolution

b) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.

After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.

Syn: declare

Ant: restore

See Also: deponent, deposit, deposition, depositio de bene esse

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