depone
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"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
I don't know but I depone it was Scott and Charleton.
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow
One of the hands speaking in vulgar English accent was heard to depone, 'By George if I could only get that prize I'd be a happy man, and would go back to old h-England.'
From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean
It would have seemed utterly impossible, but "El Hombre propone y el Deos depone" as the Mexicans say.
From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Thomas Carson
This Nichol Somerville, Mr. Mitchel's brother-in-law, offered, in court, to depone, That the arch-bishop promised to him to secure his life, if he would prevail with him to confess.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie
Hislop deponed, in the first place, that Lorimer, not Wotherspoon, was the actual forger of the bill, and that he had seen him write it.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
He deponed that, on the night of August 4, Gowrie bade him and Andrew Ruthven ride early to Falkland with the Master, and return, if the Master ordered him so to do, with a message.
From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Andrew Lang
I guess if the truth be deponed he's fonder of me than he is of anybody—excepting maybe Judith.
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow
On the 8 of July 1676 was Mr. John Eleis readmitted because he complyed with the Lords and deponed.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall
"I deponed I'd come, didn't I?" asked old Johnny.
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow
"I heard Jimmy Day deponing at the post-office to-day that Charleton was still off on a trip."
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow
"I deponed I'd come, didn't I?" repeated the old fellow, and he was still deponing when Douglas started homeward.
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow
