Third person singular present tense of 'depone': he, she, or it gives testimony under oath.
From Latin 'deponere,' conjugated in the third person singular present form. The '-es' ending is standard English present tense for regular verbs.
The word 'depone' is so rare in modern English that most people have never heard it used, even though it's technically correct legal terminology that appears in formal court documents.
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