de·pone /dɪˈpon/
(vt.)(vi.)發誓作證發誓作證
De·pone v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deponed p. pr. & vb. n. Deponing.]
1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.]
2. To lay down. [R.]
3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism]
Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. --State Trials(1606).
De·pone, v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism]
The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. --Dunlop.
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depone
v : make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: swear, depose]