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depose (iou) and decontrol (iou)


depose (iou)



depose verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French deposer, based on Latin deponere (see DEPONE verb) but re-formed after Latin pa. pple depositus and Old & mod. French poser: see POSE verb1.]
verb trans. Remove from office or authority; esp. dethrone. ME.
P. Ustinov The boyars promptly deposed Vassili, and left the throne empty for a while.
verb trans. Lay down, put down, deposit. arch. LME.
b. verb trans. Lay aside, remove, overcome, (a feeling, quality, etc.). LME-L17.
c. Place for safe keeping; entrust. L16-M18.
verb trans. Take away, deprive someone of (authority etc.); remove (a burden or obligation). LME-L17.
verb trans. & intrans. Bear witness, testify, (to); affirm; spec. attest by or make a written deposition (see DEPOSITION 1). LME.
Browning And what discretion proved, I find deposed At Vire, confirmed by his own words. R. K. Narayan The railway staff are going to depose against me. W. Golding Augustus deposed before an ecclesiastical court that Miss Chudleigh had never been his wife.
verb trans. Examine (a deponent) on oath; cite as a witness. M16.
deposable adjective able or liable to be deposed M17.
deposer noun a person who deposes L16.

decontrol (iou)



decontrol noun & verb. E20.
[from DE- 3 + CONTROL noun or verb.]
A. noun. The removal of (esp. governmental) control or restrictions. E20.
b. verb trans. Infl. -ll-. Release from (esp. governmental) controls; remove restrictions on. E20.