DEPOSE Copy link • DEPOSETo deprive of a high station, (α) Dethrone, Vid: (β) To reduce from other high stations, loco suo aliquem movere (general term): removere, abmovere, submovere aliquem a munere: abolere, or abrogare alicui magistratum or imperium (both in the Roman sense; abolere, with the notion of deposition forever). To depose as a witness, testificari; pro testimonio dicere: to depose on oath, *juratum aliquid affirmare: to depose in confirmation of another person’s deposition, attestari; testimonio confirmare.