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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
depose .
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Examples
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"This is all the merest moonshine," he crisply deposes, when Holmes embarks on some labyrinthine chain of reasoning.
The Game Is Always Afoot D.J. Taylor 2011
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The parliament has power - going by other Arab countries, at least - and proposes legislation and interrogates and deposes cabinet ministers, who are named by the royal family.
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We're here to bring a verbal message from the president and the prime minister who ask that IB deposes his arms, he said, adding that it was a prerequisite to meeting with the two leaders.
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His supporters say he cannot be removed from the throne unless a traditional court rules against him and deposes him.
Ghanaian Youth Leader Urges Elders to End Chieftaincy Disputes 2011
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The parliament has power - going by other Arab countries, at least - and proposes legislation and interrogates and deposes cabinet ministers, who are named by the royal family.
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His supporters say he cannot be removed from the throne unless a traditional court rules against him and deposes him.
Ghanaian Youth Leader Urges Elders to End Chieftaincy Disputes 2011
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"But this maid, Alice, as I understand, deposes that she went to her room, covered her bride's dress with a long ulster, put on a bonnet, and went out."
Sole Music 2010
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What deposes Us and does not bill Us, makes Us hungry.
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When the unlikely hero of the play (a bookish and introverted teacher of philology) finally deposes "Braham," it is because the bully's method -- apart from his ideology, although each requires the other -- is deconstructed to his face, simply and cleanly, and in a clever twist, with no ill-intent whatsoever.
Steven Weber: Of Bill-O, Bullies and Braying Ham (or How Christoper Hampton Saw It All!) 2009
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FBI agent deposes in 26/11 case, confirms Pak link In a crucial testimony, the FBI on Wednesday told a special court trying the Mumbai terror attack case that Global Positioning System (GPS) devices used by terrorists had indicated that they had come from Karachi.
India News Digest: FBI Agent Deposes in 26/11 Case, Confirms Pakistan Link 2009
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