Defn: Deportment. [Obs.]
Stately port and majestical deporture. Speed.
DEPOSABLE
De*pos"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being deposed or deprived of office. Howell.
DEPOSAL
De*pos"al, n.
Defn: The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne.
Fox.
DEPOSE
De*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deposed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deposing.]Etym: [FF. déposer, in the sense of L. deponere to put
down; but from pref. dé- (L. de) + poser to place. See Pose, Pause.]
1. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. [Obs.] Thus when the state one Edward did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose. Dryden.
2. To let fall; to deposit. [Obs.] Additional mud deposed upon it. Woodward.
3. To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office. A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed. Prynne.
4. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; — now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. Abbott. To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. Bacon.