Depose
(De*pose"), v. i. To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
Then, seeing't was he that made you to despose,
Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous.
Shak. Deposer
(De*pos"er) n.
1. One who deposes or degrades from office.
2. One who testifies or deposes; a deponent.
Deposit
(De*pos"it) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Depositing.] [L. depositus, p. p. of
deponere. See Depone, and cf. Deposit, n.]
1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs
in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.
The fear is deposited in conscience.
Jer. Taylor. 2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.
3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to
place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.
4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.]
If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error.
Hammond. Both this verb and the noun following were formerly written deposite.
Deposit
(De*pos"it), n. [L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of deponere: cf. F. dépôt, OF. depost. See
Deposit, v. t., and cf. Depot.]
1. That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated
from a solution or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river).
The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis.
Kirwan. 2. (Mining) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation. Raymond.
3. That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the
care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or
security.
4. (Law) (a) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor. (b) Money lodged
with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing.
5. A place of deposit; a depository. [R.]
Bank of deposit. See under Bank. — In deposit, or On deposit, in trust or safe keeping as a
deposit; as, coins were received on deposit.
Depositary
(De*pos"i*ta*ry) n.; pl. Depositaries [L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See Deposit.]
