depose

verb

Etymology: Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.

1. To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.

   “additional mud deposed upon it”

2. To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).

   “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”

3. To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
4. To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.

   “After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.”

   “Depose him in the justice of his cause.”

5. To take or swear an oath.
6. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.

   “to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands”