Meaning

• To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.

• To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.

  "A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution."

• To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition

• To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.

  "After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial."

• To take or swear an oath.

• To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.