n. [ Cf. F. dépolarisation. ] The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Depolarization of light (Opt.), a change in the plane of polarization of rays, especially by a crystalline medium, such that the light which had been extinguished by the analyzer reappears as if the polarization had been anulled. The word is inappropriate, as the ray does not return to the unpolarized condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depolarized p. pr. & vb. n. Depolarizing. ] [ Pref. de- + polarize: cf. F. dépolarizer. ] 1. (Opt.) To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word has been inaccurately applied in optics to describe the effect of a polarizing medium, as a crystalline plate, in causing the reappearance of a ray, in consequence of a change in its plane of polarization, which previously to the change was intercepted by the analyzer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Elec.) To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Elec.) A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To remove the polish or glaze from. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ceramics) The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deponed 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lay down. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To assert under oath; to depose. [ A Scotticism ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. State Trials(1606). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [ A Scotticism ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. Dunlop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deponenes, -entis, laying down. See Depone, v. t. ] 1. (Law) One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gr. & Lat. Gram.) A deponent verb.

Syn. -- Deponent, Affiant. These are legal terms describing a person who makes a written declaration under oath, with a view to establish certain facts. An affiant is one who makes an affidavit, or declaration under oath, in order to establish the truth of what he says. A deponenet is one who makes a deposition, or gives written testimony under oath, to be used in the trial of some case before a court of justice. See under Deposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deponens, -entis, laying down (its proper passive meaning), p. pr. of deponere: cf. F. déponent. See Depone. ] (Gram.) Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Depopulation; destruction of population. [ R. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depopulated p. pr. & vb. n. Depopulating ] [ L. depopulatus, p. p. of depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. dépeupler. See People. ] To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where is this viper,
That would depopulate the city? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge depopulated the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become dispeopled. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depopulatio pillaging: cf. F. dépopulation depopulation. ] The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

The desolation and depopulation [ of St.Quentin ] were now complete. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., pillager. ] One who depopulates; a dispeopler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment. [ Obs. ] “Goddesslike deport.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deported; p. pr. & vb. n. Deporting. ] [ F. déporter to transport for life, OF., to divert, amuse, from L. deportare to carry away; de- + portare to carry. See Port demeanor. ] 1. To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment; to expel (from a region or country). [ 1913 Webster ]

He told us he had been deported to Spain. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry or demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner befor a prince. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depotatio: cf. F. déportation. ] The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation. [ 1913 Webster ]

In their deportations, they had often the favor of their conquerors. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who was expelled from home or country by governmental authority; one who has been deported.
Syn. -- exile. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. déportement misconduct, OF., demeanor. See Deport. ] Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gravity of his deportment carried him safe through many difficulties. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deportment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Stately port and majestical deporture. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being deposed or deprived of office. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne. Fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deposed p. pr. & vb. n. Deposing. ][ 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus when the state one Edward did depose,
A greater Edward in his room arose. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To let fall; to deposit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Additional mud deposed upon it. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed. Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To put under oath. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Depose him in the justice of his cause. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then, seeing't was he that made you to despose,
Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who deposes or degrades from office. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who testifies or deposes; a deponent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Depositing. ] [ L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See Depone, and cf. Deposit, n. ] 1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fear is deposited in conscience. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Both this verb and the noun following were formerly written deposite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of deponere: cf. F. dépôt, OF. depost. See Deposit, v. t., and cf. Depot. ] 1. That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river). [ 1913 Webster ]

The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) (a) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor. (b) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A place of deposit; a depository. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bank of deposit. See under Bank. --
In deposit, or
On deposit, in trust or safe keeping as a deposit; as, coins were received on deposit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Depositaries [ L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See Deposit. ] 1. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A storehouse; a depository. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depositio, fr. deponere: cf. F. déposition. See Deposit. ] 1. The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles. H. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of bringing before the mind; presentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The influence of princes upon the dispositions of their courts needs not the deposition of their examples, since it hath the authority of a known principle. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A deposition differs from an abdication, an abdication being voluntary, and a deposition compulsory. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Law) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories.

Syn. -- Deposition, Affidavit. Affidavit is the wider term. It denotes any authorized ex parte written statement of a person, sworn to or affirmed before some competent magistrate. It is made without cross-examination, and requires no notice to an opposing party. It is generally signed by the party making it, and may be drawn up by himself or any other person. A deposition is the written testimony of a witness, taken down in due form of law, and sworn to or affirmed by the deponent. It must be taken before some authorized magistrate, and upon a prescribed or reasonable notice to the opposing party, that may attend and cross-examine. It is generally written down from the mouth of the witness by the magistrate, or some person for him, and in his presence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. deponere. See Depone. ] One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of depository. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Depositories 1. A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One with whom something is deposited; a depositary. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it shall perish with me. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] Deposit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of depositing; deposition. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. dépôt, OF. depost, fr. L. depositum a deposit. See Deposit, n. ] 1. A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom. Brit. Critic (1794). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) (a) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled. (b) (Eng. & France) The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight. [ U. S. ]

Syn. -- See Station. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being deposed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Princes indeposable by the pope. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A failure to deposit or throw down. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deposit again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is deposited beneath something else. [ 1913 Webster ]