DEPONENT

n. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing.

2.
n.

A deponent verb.

3.
a.

Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs.


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