déposer French · revision 16809

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1120 (to depose)|origins=la pōnō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /de.po.ze/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''déposer'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|dēpōnō|t=to put down; to deposit; to give up; in Late Latin, to depose]], remade after [[poser]];^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary) the Latin verb is formed from [[m|la|dē-]] and [[m|la|pōnō|t=to put]].^(DHLF 1992) Wiktionary calls it equivalent to a French compound of [[dé-]] and that verb, and Littré explains it so.^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873)

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+ The FEW files it under [[la|pausō]], the source of the French verb, which in spoken Late Latin took over the main senses of the older Latin verb.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|8, 63b) Compare [[pro|depausar]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first sense is figurative, “to deprive of a dignity”: a 12th-century psalter has ''Il deposat les puissanz del siege'', “he put down the mighty from their seat”.^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a verb of speech in law it developed, by a French development, ''déposer que'' “to testify” (1393), with [[déposition]] and the noun ''déposant'' (1392).^(DHLF 1992) The concrete sense “to put down, store somewhere” is attested only from 1534, and, from it come legal and banking uses, ''déposer son argent'' and ''déposer son bilan'' “to file for bankruptcy” (1798).^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) Under the influence of [[dépôt]], it was said of a liquid leaving a sediment (Académie, 1798).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ A separate verb ''déposer'' “to take down what was fixed” (1836, ''déposer une serrure'') is formed from [[dé-]] and ''poser'';^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(BHVF) Raymond records it among locksmiths in 1836.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(BHVF)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1120 – “To depose”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1392 – ''Déposant'', a witness.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1393 – ''Déposer que'' “to testify”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1534 – “To put down, deposit”.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1798 – ''Déposer son bilan''; of a liquid, to leave a sediment.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1836 – ''Déposer'' “to take down”.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(BHVF)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To put down, set down: ''déposer un fardeau'', ''déposer une gerbe sur une tombe'', ''déposer les armes'', to lay down one's arms.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To drop off a person: ''je vous déposerai devant chez vous''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|deposit]] for safekeeping: money at a bank, a document, ''déposer son bilan'', to file for bankruptcy.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # To [[m|en|depose]] a ruler: ''déposer un roi''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law, intransitive)'' To give evidence, testify.^(DHLF 1992)

+ # Of a liquid, to leave a sediment.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # To take down, remove what was fixed: ''déposer des rideaux''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[déposant]]

+ * [[déposé]]

+ * [[déposition]]

+ * [[dépositaire]]

+ * [[redéposer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dépôt]]

+ * [[poser]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}