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depose

v.
US //dɪˈpoʊz// UK //dɪpˈəʊz// de·pose
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Origin

Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.

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