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Showing words for DEPONENT using the English dictionary
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Definitions for Deponent
[1] Classical Greek and Latin Grammar . (of a verb) appearing only in the passive or Greek middle-voice forms, but with active meaning.
[2] Law . a person who testifies under oath, especially in writing.
[3] Classical Greek and Latin Grammar . a deponent verb, as Latin loquor.
[4] grammar (of a verb, esp in Latin) having the inflectional endings of a passive verb but the meaning of an active verb
[5] grammar a deponent verb
[6] law a person who makes an affidavit a person, esp a witness, who makes a deposition
Words related to Deponent
attester, testifier, affiant, attestor
Words nearby Deponent
depoliticize, depollute, depolymerase, depolymerize, depone, deponent, depopulate, deport, deportation, deportee, deportment
Origin of Deponent
1520–30; < Latin dēpōnent- (stem of dēpōnēns ) putting away (Medieval Latin: testifying), present participle of dēpōnere. See depone, -ent
Word origin for Deponent
C16: from Latin dēpōnēns putting aside, putting down, from dēpōnere to put down, depone