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An epic.

The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

Capable of being deposed or deprived of office. Howell.

The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne. Fox.

y down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. [Obs.] Thus when the state one Edward did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose. Dryden.

One who deposes or degrades from office.

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium. The fear is deposited in conscience. Jer. Taylor.

One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries. Shak. The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people.J.S. Mill.

The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation. The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles. H. Miller.

One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- the correlative of depository.

A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

Deposit.

The act of depositing; deposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Preoccupied; prepossessed; preëngaged. [Obs.] Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Bp. Sanderson.

A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging or hinging post.

A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.

Incapable of being deposed. [R.] Princes indeposable by the pope. Bp. Stillingfleet.

A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.

A failure to deposit or throw down.

To place or set before; to prefix. [Obs.] Fuller.