DEPOSE

verb (~d; deposing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, from Late Latin deponere (perfect indicative deposui), from Latin, to put down Date: 14th century transitive verb to remove from a throne or other high position, to put down ; deposit , 3. \Middle English, from Medieval Latin deponere, from Late Latin] to testify to under oath or by affidavit, affirm , assert , to take a deposition of , intransitive verb to bear witness