| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| deponent |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·po·nent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -p  n nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Grammar Being a verb of active meaning but passive or middle form, as certain Latin and Greek verbs. | | NOUN: | 1. Grammar A deponent verb. 2. Law One who testifies under oath, especially in writing. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Late Latin (verbum) d pnns, (verbum) dpnent-, deponent (verb), present participle of Latin dpnere, to put down. See depone.
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