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   Depone , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deponed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deponing.] [L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See Position, and cf. Deposit.]
   To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.]
   Hudibras.
   
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   To lay down. [R.]
   Southey.
   
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   To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism]
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   Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference.
   State Trials(1606).
   
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   Depone, v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism]
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   The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree.
   Dunlop.
   
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