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Depose vs Depot - What's the difference?

depose | depot |

As a verb depose

is to put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.

As a noun depot is

a storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.

depose

English

Verb

(depos)
  • (literally) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
  • * Woodword
    • additional mud deposed upon it
  • 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.
  • * Prynne
    • a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed
  • (legal) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
  • (legal) 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.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Depose him in the justice of his cause.
  • To take or swear an oath.
  • To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands

    Synonyms

    * declare

    Antonyms

    * restore

    Derived terms

    * deposable * deposal

    Related terms

    * deponent * deposit * deposition * depositio de bene esse

    Anagrams

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    depot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
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  • (US) A bus or railway station.
  • A place where military recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
  • (card games) The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

    • Anagrams

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