Depose vs Sepose - What's the difference?
depose | sepose |
(literally) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
* Woodword
To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
* Prynne
(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.
* Shakespeare
To take or swear an oath.
To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
* Francis Bacon
As verbs the difference between depose and sepose
is that depose is to put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away while sepose is to set apart.depose
English
Verb
(depos)- additional mud deposed upon it
- A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
- a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed
- After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
- Depose him in the justice of his cause.
- to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands