depose Copy link Outline I. To remove from a high office1. abrŏgo, 1 (with acc. of office, and dat. of person)2. mŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (with acc. and abl.)3. ădĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (with acc. and dat.)4. abdĭco, 1 (in pass. sense; with pron. refl., or as pass.II. To give evidence • depose: I. To remove from a high office: 1. abrŏgo, 1 (with acc. of office, and dat. of person): to d. a colleague, collegae magistratum, imperium ab., Cic. (Abrogo implies a formal motion for deposition.) 2. mŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (with acc. and abl.): to d. from the senate (as done by the Censors), senatu, senatorio loco m., Liv. Simly., the comps., summoveo, removeo, amoveo: as, [tribunum plebis] administratione reipublicae summovere, Suet.; [consulem] a republica removere, Caes.; [quaestorem] a sua frumentaria procuratione amovere, Cic. 3. ădĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (with acc. and dat.): to d. an accused person from the praetorship, praeturam reo ad., Tac.: to d. a general from the command, alicui exercitus ad., Suet. Caes. 24: v. to degrade. 4. abdĭco, 1 (in pass. sense; with pron. refl., or as pass.: the office-holder being regarded as resigning rather than being deposed): cf. Sall. Cat. 47: and v. to abdicate. N.B. Abolere magistratum, Liv. 3, 38, is to do away with the office (of the decemvirs) altogether. II. To give evidence: testor, testĭfĭcor, testimonium do; pro testimonio dico, Cic.: v. WITNESS (TO BEAR), testify.