depone

Example Sentences

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"But you depone that he charged you to tell only the truth?"

From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James

"In great force, you say, serjeant?" added Stubbs; "in overwhelming force—madness to attack them—you can depone on oath before a court-martial?"

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various

His redimita comas, mores depone superbos,   Haec peritura nitent; tu peritura nites!

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

It would have seemed utterly impossible, but "El Hombre propone y el Deos depone" as the Mexicans say.

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas

It was not in his quality as confessor that Fra Gervasio heard the dying man depone.

From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Sabatini, Rafael