depone

Example Sentences

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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

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 Chambers, Robert

Hill, in his deposition, doth further depone, that he hasten'd him away all he could, and gave him a letter to Ardkinlas to receive him as a lost sheep; ...

From The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) by Thomson, James Pringle

"He's up on the shoulder of Lost Chief, I depone," said Johnny.

From Judith of the Godless Valley by Morrow, Honoré

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

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