\De*pone"\ (d[-e]*p[=o]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deponed}
(-p[=o]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deponing}.] [L. deponere,
depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- +
ponere to put, place. See {Position}, and cf. {Deposit}.]
1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
2. To lay down. [R.] --Southey.
3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism]
         Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in
         conference.                           --State
                                               Trials(1606).

\De*pone"\, v. i.
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.                     --Dunlop.