n. [ Cf. LL. antepositio. See Position. ] (Gram.) The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it. [ 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. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] An epic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Holding or held formerly in possession. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; preëngaged. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging post or hinging post. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post. [ 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. 1. A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An event or accomplishment marking a significant advance in an endeavor; a notable achievment; as, putting a man in orbit was a big milepost on the way to the moon.
Syn. -- milestone. [ PJC ]

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

v. t. [ F. préposer; pref. pré- (L. prae before) + poser. See Pose. ] To place or set before; to prefix. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praepositio, fr. praeponere to place before; prae before + ponere to put, place: cf. F. préposition. See Position, and cf. Provost. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Gram.) A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He made a long preposition and oration. Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. prépositionnel. ] Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition. Early. -- Prep`o*si"tion*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. praepositivus: cf. F. prépositif. ] (Gram.) Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle. -- n. A prepositive word. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor. Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praepositura. See Preposition, and cf. Provost. ] The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship. Lowth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prepossessed p. pr. & vb. n. Prepossessing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset. [ 1913 Webster ]

It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord general. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. -- Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Preoccupation; prior possession. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression; bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions of childhood. “The prejudices and prepossessions of the country.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Bent; bias; inclination; preoccupancy; prejudgment. See Bent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who possesses, or occupies, previously. R. Brady. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praeposterus; prae before + posterus coming after, latter. See Posterior. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The method I take may be censured as preposterous, because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth, which was first in the order of nature. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted. “Most preposterous conclusions.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preposterous ass, that never read so far! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish; monstrous. See Absurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pre*pos"ter*ous*ly, adv. -Pre*pos"ter*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Prepositor. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ From Repose. ] 1. The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That on which one reposes. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reliance. [ Obs. ] John Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reposed p. pr. & vb. n. Reposing. ] [ F. reposer; L. pref. re- re- + pausare to pause. See Pause, Pose, v. ] 1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But these thy fortunes let us straight repose
In this divine cave's bosom. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch. [ 1913 Webster ]

All being settled and reposed, the lord archbishop did present his majesty to the lords and commons. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

After the toil of battle to repose
Your wearied virtue. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king reposeth all his confidence in thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To lie at rest; to rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within a thicket I reposed. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is upon these that the soul may repose. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To lie; recline; couch; rest; sleep; settle; lodge; abide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. repos. See Repose, v. ] 1. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shake off the golden slumber of repose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Poetic) A rest; a pause. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Fine Arts) That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angle of repose (Physics), the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or slide down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet; quietness; tranquillity; peace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. Bacon. -- Re*pos"ed*ly adv. -- Re*pos"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of repose; quiet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Repositing. ] [ L. repositus, p. p. of reponere to put back; pref. re- re- + ponere to put. See Position. ] To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others reposit their young in holes. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. repositio. ] The act of repositing; a laying up. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Surg.) An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire. ] A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: To take possession of, for failure of the possessor to make payments owed for purchase of; -- used of real estate subject to mortgage payments and of other objects purchased on a time-payment plan, which may be taken back (repossessed) by the original vendor if the payments are not made on time. [ PJC ]

To repossess one's self of (something), to acquire again (something lost). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or the state of possessing again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rest; quiet. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the reposure of most soft content. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. pref se- aside + E. pose. ] To set apart. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]