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Is depose a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word depose is a Scrabble US word. The word depose is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

D2E1P3O1S1E1

Is depose a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word depose is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

D2E1P3O1S1E1

Is depose a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word depose is a Words With Friends word. The word depose is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1P4O1S1E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

DEPOSE,EPODES,SPEEDO,

5-letter words (7 found)

DEEPS,DOPES,EPODE,PEDES,POSED,SPEED,SPODE,

4-letter words (21 found)

DEEP,DEES,DEPS,DOES,DOPE,DOPS,DOSE,EPOS,ODES,OPED,OPES,PEDS,PEED,PEES,PESO,PODS,POSE,SEED,SEEP,SPED,SPOD,

3-letter words (22 found)

DEE,DEP,DOE,DOP,DOS,DSO,EDS,ODE,ODS,OES,OPE,OPS,OSE,PED,PEE,PES,POD,POS,SED,SEE,SOD,SOP,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DO,ED,EE,ES,OD,OE,OP,OS,PE,PO,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 66 words from depose according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of depose

depose

Etymology

Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈpəʊz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /diˈpoʊz/, /dəˈpoʊz/
  • Rhymes: -əʊz

Verb

depose (third-person singular simple present deposes, present participle deposing, simple past and past participle deposed)

  1. (literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
  2. (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
    A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
  3. (law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
  4. (law, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.
    After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
  5. (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
  6. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.

Synonyms

  • declare

Antonyms

  • restore

Derived terms

  • deposable
  • deposal
  • indeposable
  • undeposable

Related terms

  • deponent
  • deposit
  • deposition
  • depositio de bene esse

Translations

Anagrams

  • Speedo, epodes, speedo

Ido

Etymology

From depos (“since, afterward”) +‎ -e (“adverb”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.ˈpo.se/, /dɛ.ˈpɔ.sɛ/

Adverb

depose

  1. since, from that time, thence, thenceforth

Related terms

  • depos ke (“since”)

Italian

Verb

depose

  1. third-person singular past historic of deporre

Source: wiktionary.org