deponent

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Scrabble points: 11
Words With Friends: 14
Letters: 8

Pronunciation

/dɪˈpəʊnənt/ (UK)

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/dɪˈpəʊnənt/ (UK) · /dɪˈpoʊnənt/ (US) · /diˈpoʊ.nənt/ (US)

Definition of deponent

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).

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adj

(not-comparable)Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).

noun

A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
A deponent verb.

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Etymology

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Latin dēpōnēnsder. English deponent From Latin dēpōnēns (“laying aside”), the present active participle of dēpōnō (“lay aside”), from dē- + pōnō (“put, place”). The name comes from the idea that such verbs were originally reflexive and then later "laid aside" their passive meanings.

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