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Depone

Postby Slava » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:17 pm

1. To testify under oath (something the current US administration does on very rare occasion).

2. To depose.

3. To bet.

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Postby Perry » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:44 am

I can see how depose is more used than depone. Deposition sounds so much better than deponition. (Or is de po nition a phrase from a State of the Union Address?)
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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