Part 2962

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<blockquote>To <b>depose</b> the yearly rent or valuation of lands. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To put under oath.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Depose</b> him in the justice of his cause. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Depose</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*pose"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.</def>

<blockquote>Then, seeing't was he that made you to <b>despose</b>, Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deposer</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*pos"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who deposes or degrades from office.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who testifies or deposes; a deponent.</def>

<h1>Deposit</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*pos"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Depoited</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Depositing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>depositus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deponere</ets>. See <er>Depone</er>, and cf. <er>Deposit</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); <as>as, a crocodile <ex>deposits</ex> her eggs in the sand; the waters <ex>deposited</ex> a rich alluvium.</as></def>

<blockquote>The fear is <b>deposited</b> in conscience. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store; <as>as, to <ex>deposit</ex> goods in a warehouse</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To lodge in some one's hands for sale keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To lay aside; to rid one's self of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>If what is written prove useful to you, to the <b>depositing</b> that which i can not deem an error. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Both this verb and the noun following written <i>deposite</i>.</note>

<h1>Deposit</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*pos"it</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>depositum</ets>, fr. <ets>depositus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deponere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82p\'93t</ets>, OF. <ets>depost</ets>. See <er>Deposit</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Depot</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That is deposited, or laid or thrown down; <as>as, a <ex>deposit</ex> in a flue</as>; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., <ex>deposits</ex> of a river).</def>

<blockquote>The <b>deposit</b> already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis. <i>Kirwan.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; somthing intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A place of deposit; a depository.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<cs><col>Bank of deposit</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bank</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>In deposit</col>, or <col>On deposit</col></mcol>, <cd>in trust or safe keeping as a deposit; <as>as, coins were recieved on <ex>deposit<ex></as>.</cd></cs>