DEPOSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does depose mean?
• DEPOSE (verb)
The verb DEPOSE has 2 senses:
1. force to leave (an office)
2. make a deposition; declare under oath
Familiarity information: DEPOSE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEPOSE (verb)
Meaning:
Force to leave (an office)
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
depose; force out
Hypernyms (to "depose" is one way to...):
boot out; drum out; expel; kick out; oust; throw out (remove from a position or office)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depose"):
bring down; overthrow; overturn; subvert (cause the downfall of; of rulers)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make a deposition; declare under oath
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
depone; depose; swear
Hypernyms (to "depose" is one way to...):
declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
