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depose

/dɪˈpəʊz/dih-POHZ
/dɪˈpoʊz/dih-POHZ

Meaningto put down

Common meaning: to remove someone from power, or to give sworn evidence

‘down, away, off’ + ‘to put down, set in place’ → depose

Journey through time

  1. Latinpōnō, posuī, positum‘to put down, set in place’
  2. Frenchdeposer
  3. Middle Englishdeposensource
  4. Englishdepose‘to remove someone from power, or to give sworn evidence’ · today

de- also in: deterdecampdecidededucedefame

pos also in: depositdisposedecomposedepositorjuxtapose

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pōnō ‘to put down, set in place’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pōnō, p. 1396 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

decomposedepositdepositordiscomposedisposejuxtaposereposition

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