n.
Pronunciation: di- ' pä-z ə t
Function: verb
Inflected Form: de · pos · it · ed \ - ' pä-z ə -t ə d, - ' päz-t ə d \ ; de · pos · it · ing \ - ' pä-z ə -ti ŋ , - ' päz-ti ŋ \
Etymology: Latin depositus, past participle of deponere
Date: 1624
transitive verb
1 : to place especially for safekeeping or as a pledge especially : to put in a bank
2 a : to lay down : PLACE b : to let fall (as sediment)
intransitive verb : to become deposited
– de · pos · i · tor \ - ' pä-z ə -t ə r, - ' päz-t ə r \ noun