Definition for DE-PO'NENT

DE-PO'NENT, a. [L. deponens, depono; de and pono, to lay.]

  1. Laying down.
  2. A deponent verb, in the Latin Grammar, is a verb which has a passive termination, with an active signification, and wants one of the passive participles; as, loquor, to speak.

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