depose

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

additional mud deposed upon it

To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).

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

a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed

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

To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.

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

Depose him in the justice of his cause.

To take or swear an oath.