depose
pronunciation
How to pronounce depose in British English:
UK [dɪˈpəʊz]
How to pronounce depose in American English:
US [dɪˈpoʊz]
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- Verb:
- force to leave (an office)
- make a deposition; declare under oath
Word Origin
- depose (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French deposer (12c.), from de- "down" (see de-) + poser "put, place" (see pose (v.1)). Related: Deposed; deposing.
Example
- 1. The chief judge , as representative of the law of islam , can depose the caliph ?
- 2. In a country where the west only last year helped depose a murderous tyrant , a salafist mob attacked the american consulate in benghazi , killing mr stevens and three colleagues .
- 3. The chief authority is vested in the general congregation , which elects the general , and could , for certain grave causes , depose him .
- 4. At that same march 1986 meeting , the soviet leaders talked about the failure of afghan client leader babrak karmal , whom they were about to depose , and the behavior of stalin 's daughter , svetlana alliluyeva .
- 5. To depose that it was true .