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# depose

«depose» in Mova's school dictionary: **To remove a ruler or leader from power, often by force** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (depose, deposes, deposed, deposing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To remove a ruler or leader from power, often by force. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depose/#m1)

2) (law) To give evidence under oath, especially in a written statement outside court; or to question someone in this way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depose/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and Bible lessons: kings and queens were deposed; in the Bible, God «has brought down rulers from their thrones» (from Mary's song). In news: a president can be deposed by a revolution or a vote. Phrases: «depose a king», «the deposed leader», «be deposed from power».

### examples

- The people deposed the cruel king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depose/#x1)
- The deposed queen fled to another country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depose/#x2)
- The general tried to depose the president. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depose/#x3)
- In the story, the wicked uncle deposed the rightful prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depose/#x4)
- The lawyer deposed the witness in his office. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depose/#x5)
- Rulers who ignore the people risk being deposed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depose/#x6)
- Ever since Akela had been deposed, the Pack had been without a leader, hunting and fighting at their own pleasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depose/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: «deposition» (removing a ruler; or a sworn statement). Do not confuse with «dispose» (to get rid of something) or «deposit» (to put down; money in a bank). Formal word.

### In the corpora

- [And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.864/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «depose» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depose/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.