depone
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"He's up on the shoulder of Lost Chief, I depone," said Johnny.
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow
"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
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
She did indeed depone to a line being left for me at her house, which said line miscarried.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 by Robert Chambers
These two females did afterwards depone that Mr Willet in his consternation uttered but one word, and called that up the stairs in a stentorian voice, six distinct times.
From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens
‘All these are deponed, not to be given till farther orders.’
From Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles by Andrew Lang
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
One witness deponed that she saw the accused in a certain place at 5.40 P.M.
From Law and Laughter by George A. (George Alexander) Morton
I was not aware of it until I heard it deponed to yesterday.
From Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie
It had been deponed to me offeecially that no’ a tradesman—no’ the Deacon here himsel’—could have made a cleaner job wi’ Andra Simpson’s shutters.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Robert Louis Stevenson
"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
"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
