verb
1.
to remove from a throne or other high position
trying to depose the king in favor of his brother
deposed industrial leaders
Synonyms: dethrone, discrown, disenthrone, displace, disthrone, uncrown, unmake
Related Word: overthrow, subvert, upset; chuck, dismiss, eject, oust, throw out
Contrasted words: inaugurate, induct, install, instate, invest; crown, enthrone, throne
2.
Synonyms: assert 1, affirm, aver, avouch, avow, constate, declare, predicate, profess, protest
3.
Synonyms: testify 2, depone, ||mount, swear