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Depose

Definitions: Depose

Depose

Verb

1. Force to leave (an office).

2. Make a deposition; declare under oath.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "depose" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Synonyms: Depose

Synonyms: depone (v), force out (v), swear (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Depose

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Abrogation

Cashier; break; oust; unseat, unsaddle; unthrone, dethrone, disenthrone; depose, uncrown; unfrock, strike off the roll; disbar, disbench.

Affirmation

Depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath; make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle.

Evidence

Bear witness; Noun: give evidence; Noun: testify, depose, witness, vouch for; sign, seal, undersign, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge; (assent).

Laxity

Dethrone, depose; abdicate.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Depose

English words defined with "depose": BrownistDecardinalize, Deposing, Disenthrone, Disfriar, DispopeExauthorateUnmitre, Unsheriff. (references)
Specialty definitions using "depose": Dogmatic Facts. (references)
Etymologies containing "depose": Disfriar. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Depose

DomainTitle

Books

  • Plan-Guide De Paris (Modele Depose): Plans D'Arrondissements (Cartes Taride 315: Cartegraphe a Paris Depuis 1852) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Depose

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Pakistan

Although General Musharraf was out of the country at the time, the Army moved quickly to depose Sharif. (references)

Kyrgyzstan

On August 19, 1991, when the State Committee for the State of Emergency (SCSE) assumed power in Moscow, there was an attempt to depose Akayev in Kyrgyzstan. (references)

Cuba (09/01)

Fidel Castro, who was running for a seat in the Chamber of Representatives, circulated a petition to depose Batista's government on the grounds that it had illegitimately suspended the electoral process. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Depose

"Depose" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 89.13% of the time. "Depose" is used about 46 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)89.13%4153,521
Lexical Verb (base form)10.87%5157,705
                    Total100.00%46N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Depose

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  depose

18

  depose modele

5

  depose italy

4

  brevet depose

2

  brevete depose sgdg

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Depose

Language Translations for "depose"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

afsit (amputate, deposit, deprive, dismiss, halt, put off, shut, shut off, stop, switch, switch off, take, take off, turn off). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

shkakrkoj (detrain), rrëzoj (blow, bring down, chop down, defeat, demolish, depolarise, destroy, dethrone, disenthrone, dismount, disprove, down, drop, eradiate, fail, fell, floor, kill, knock out, overthrow, plough, plow, pull down, pull over, push down, push over, rase, raze, rebut, sink, spill, wreck). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏عزل (cut off, deposition, disengage, displacement, excommunicate, excommunication, gaol, insulate, isolate, isolation, jail, recall, relegate, seclude, segregate, segregation, sequester, taboo), ‏خلع (deposition, discharge, dislocate, extraction, luxate, luxation, put out, slip, slip off, socket, strip, take off, yank), ‏شهد مقسما. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

свалям от длъжност, давам показания под клетва (verify). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

废除 (Abolish, Abolished, Abolishing, Abolishment, Abrogative, Deposed, Deposing, Extinguishment, Quash, Quashed, Quashing), 免職 (degradation). (various references)

   

Czech

  

svrhnout z trùnu, sesadit (eject). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

van de troon stoten, onttronen, afzetten (amputate, amputation, arrest, cordoning off operation, cut off, deposit, deprive, dismiss, fit out, fleece, garnish, isolate, put off, shut off, shutdown, shutting down, stop, switch off, take off, trim, turn off). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

detronigi. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

معزول کردن (Deprive, Eject, Recall), عزل نمودن , خلع کردن (Dethrone). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

panna viralta (discharge, remove from office). (various references)

   

French

  

destituer (demote), déposer (deposit, deposit copies), attester. (various references)

   

German

  

entthronen (dethrone, to dethrone), entheben (relieve, relieve of). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εκθρονίζω (dethrone). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tanúsít (attest, authenticate, certify, testify, to attest, to depose, to evidence, to evince, to give evidence of sg, to manifest, to vouch, vouch, witness), megerõsít (approve, attach, beef up, brace, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, defilade, fasten, fix, fortify, harden, homologate, man, reinforce, strengthen, underpin, uphold, verify, vouch), lemondat (to depose). (various references)

   

Italian

  

destituire (cashier, discharge, dismiss), deporre (deposit, discard, file, give evidence, give up, lay, remove, renounce, testify, throw down), testimoniare (attest, bear witness, certify witness, give evidence, record, sire, testify, to depose evidence, to give evidence, witness, witnesses). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ymmyrkey feanish (attest), prowal (assay, demonstrate, demonstration, deposition, establishment, fit on, proof, prove, proving, test, trial, trial attempt, try, try on, try out), cur ass oik, brishey (bankrupt, bankruptcy, break, breakage, burst, cash, cashier, change money, contravention, crash, decode, disbar, dismiss, dismissal, failure, fracture, go back, infringement, interrupt, interruption, pick, raise, repulse, ruin, small change, stump, violation, wane). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

vitne, avsette. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eposeday

   

Portuguese

  

destituir (deprive, dismiss, dispose of, drive away, oust, sack, unseat), depor (declare, defrock, depone, discursive, put down, put off, state, take off, unseat), testemunhar (bear witness, bring evidence to, depone, nuncupation, testify). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

detrona (dethrone, discrown, unthrone), destitui (discharge, dismiss, displace, remove), da afarã (boot out, boot round, brush off, cashier, cast up, chuck out, discharge, dismiss, drop, ejaculate, expel, fire, give notice, kick out, order out, oust, pack off, put out, sack, throw out), face depoziţie. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

свергать (cast down, dethrone, overthrow, subvert, subverting). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

svrgnuti (displace, oust, throw down, unmake), svrći, saslušati pod zakletvom. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

destituir (cashier, destitute, dismiss, displace, recall, remove), deponer (depone, lay down). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vittna under ed, avsätta från ämbete. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yeminli şahitlik etmek, tahttan indirmek (dethrone, unthrone), ifade vermek (bear testimony to, declare, testify), görevden almak (deprive, discharge, dismiss, divest, remove, unseat), azletmek (dismiss), şahitlik etmek (bear witness, testify, witness). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

усувати (abolish, brush aside, castigate, dethrone, displace, eliminate, obviate, preclude, put away, smooth, smooth away, take off, vanish), скидати (bare, cast, cast down, cast off, deduct, deject, detrude, dismount, dump, jettison, kick off, lay off, precipitate, remove, shuck off, subvert, throw down, throw off, toss), свідчити під присягою, твердити (affirm, allege, argue, assert, aver, avouch, claim, predicate, say), знімати (bare, dismantle, dismount, doff, draw off, get off, skim, take down, take off, uncover). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

diorseddu (dethrone). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Depose

LanguageDateSourceIsaiah Chapter 22, Verse 19
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai afaireqhsh ek thV oikonomiaV sou kai ek thV stasewV sou
Latin405VulgateEt expellam te de statione tua et de ministerio tuo deponam te
Middle English1395WyclifAnd I shal putte thee out fro thi stonding, and fro thi seruyse I shal depose thee.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd I will have you forced out of your place of authority, and pulled down from your position.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Depose

LanguageIsaiah Chapter 22, Verse 19
CebuanoUg papahawaon ko ikaw gikan sa imong katungdanan; ug bunloton ikaw gikan sa imong buhatan.
Chinese我 必 趕 逐 離 開 官 職 . 必 從 的 原 位 ' 下 。
CroatianLišit æu te tvoje službe, otjerat te sa tvog mjesta;
DanishJeg støder dig bort fra din Stilling og styrter dig fra din Post.
DutchEn Ik zal u afstoten van uw staat, en van uw stand zal Hij u verstoren.
FinnishMinä syöksen sinut pois paikastasi; hän kukistaa sinut asemastasi.
FrenchJe te chasserai de ton poste, L`Éternel t`arrachera de ta place.
GermanUnd ich will dich von deinem Stande stürzen, und von deinem Amt will ich dich setzen.
Haitian CreoleM'ap kase ou nan plas kote ou ye a, m'ap fè ou desann soti kote ou chita a.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSebab itu engkau akan Kupecat dari jabatanmu dan Kuturunkan dari pangkatmu yang tinggi.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDemikianlah Aku akan memecatkan dikau dari pada jawatanmu, demikianlah diruntuhkannya engkau dari pada pangkatmu itu!
MaoriKa peia atu hoki koe e ahau i tou turanga, ka turakina iho ano koe e ia i tou wahi.
NorwegianJeg vil støte dig bort fra din post, og fra din plass skal du bli kastet ned.
PortugueseE demitir-te-ei do teu posto; e da tua categoria serás derrubado.   
RumanianVei fi izgonit din dregqtoria ta, wi te va smulge Domnul din locul tqu.
SwedishJa, jag skall stöta dig bort ifrån din plats, och från din tjänst skall du bliva avsatt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Depose

Derivations

Words beginning with "depose": deposed, deposer, deposers, deposes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Depose" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: debole, debone, D'ecosse, Delozier, Demoze, Denpasar, Deosil, deossum, depas, depase, depense, depezay, depise, depoisson, Depone, depower, Depse, Depuis, despose, Dexpo, Dieppoise, diose, Doopsey, dopose, epose. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Depose"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "depose" (pronounced dupō"z)
4-u p ō" zjuxtapose, oppose, presuppose, propose, suppose.
3-p ō" zcompose, decompose, dispose, expose, impose, interpose, overexpose, pose, pows, predispose, reimpose, repose, superimpose, transpose.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Depose

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: epodes, speedo.

Words within the letters "d-e-e-o-p-s"

-1 letter: deeps, dopes, epode, pedes, posed, speed, spode.

-2 letters: deep, dees, does, dope, dose, epos, odes, oped, opes, peds, peed, pees, peso, pods, pose, seed, seep, sped.

-3 letters: dee, doe, dos, eds, ode, ods, oes, ope, ops, ose, ped, pee, pes, pod, see, sod, sop.

-4 letters: de, do, ed, es, od, oe, op, os, pe.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-o-p-s"
 

+1 letter: depones, deposed, deposer, deposes, episode, exposed, reposed, seedpod, speedos, spondee.

 

+2 letters: adoptees, deplores, deposers, develops, dopester, epidotes, episodes, epoxides, espoused, estopped, explodes, eyedrops, outspeed, peasecod, pentodes, poetised, precodes, proceeds, seedpods, sheepdog, spondees.

 

+3 letters: bespoused, codpieces, decompose, decouples, deplorers, deponents, deportees, deposited, depressor, desperado, despoiled, despoiler, desponded, developes, dispeople, dopeheads, dopesters, douzepers, eavesdrop, endoscope, endosperm, endospore, escaloped, exploders, exposited, geepounds, hedgehops, lepidotes, megapodes, opalesced, oppressed, outspeeds, overspend, peasecods, pensioned, pereopods, peroxides, pledgeors, podomeres, pokeweeds, ponderers, pondweeds, possessed, powderers, preorders, prescored, preshowed, presoaked, presorted, processed, professed, prosected, prospered, proteides, protested, redeploys, redeposit, redispose, reexposed, reimposed, reopposed, reposited, responded, responder, respotted, sheepdogs, sheepfold, speedboat, spodumene, stoppered, torpedoes, unexposed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Depose


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 70 6F 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    .    .--.    ---    ...    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01110000 01101111 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#112 &#111 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 0070 006F 0073 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

387182818571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Bible Trace
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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