(intransitive, law) To testify, especially in the form of a deposition. / (transitive, law) To take the deposition of; to depose. / (transitive, rare, obsolete) To lay, as a stake; to wager.

(grammar, of a verb) Having passive grammatical form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning.

(law) A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her. / (grammar) A deponent verb.

simple past tense and past participle of depone

plural of deponent

One who depones.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depone

In a deponent manner.

plural of deponer

present participle of depone