[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

depone \depone"\ d-ep=on", v. t. imp.  p. p. deponed
   -p=ond"; p. pr.  vb. n. deponing. l. deponere,
   depositum, to put down, in ll., to assert under oath; de- +
   ponere to put, place. see position, and cf. deposit.
   1. to lay, as a stake; to wager. obs. --hudibras.
      1913 webster

   2. to lay down. r. --southey.
      1913 webster

   3. to assert under oath; to depose. a scotticism
      1913 webster

            sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in
            conference.                           --state
                                                  trials1606.
      1913 webster
see also:
deponed deponing position deposit 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

depone \depone"\, v. i.
   to testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. a
   scotticism
   1913 webster

         the fairy glorians, whose credibility on this point can
         not be called in question, depones to the confinement
         of merlin in a tree.                     --dunlop.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

depone
     v : make a deposition; declare under oath syn: swear, depose
see also:
swear depose 

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