Depone /(dē̇*pōn")/

De·pone

Depone

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Deponed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deponing

  1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.]
  2. To lay down. [R.]
  3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism]
    Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference.
    — State Trials(1606).

Depone

v. i.
  1. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism]
    The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree.