Deponent answered that he was very little acquainted with any body, but thought Mr. Monroe a most virtuous and respectable man.
Deponent occupying the most agreeable house in the place, Henry's physicians asked the favor of an apartment for him until he was ready to embark.
The Consul informed him that the ship was detained in the Downs by head winds; deponent returned to Ryde, and remained there three weeks alone before Captain H.
Deponent answered that he had no objection; and, if Henry on seeing the property was not satisfied, he would give orders to his agent in France to cancel the bargain.
Deponent went to Ryde, but did not find Captain H.
He spoke so kindly that deponent made him in part acquainted with his situation.
Henry came down to Washington, and stopped at Tomlinson's, where deponent saw him.
The Message of the President gave the deponent the first intelligence of the true state of the transaction.
Liverpool and take the packet; deponent refused, having paid his passage and his trunks being on board.
He afterwards removed to Georgetown, to the house of one Davis, an auctioneer, where the deponent visited him every day, and found him always occupied.
Many other pranks of the prisoner this deponent was ready to testify.
And this deponent furthermore maketh oath and saith that I, Signor Leopoldo, tragedian, &e.
And this deponent further maketh oath and saith that I, the said Signor Leopoldo, tragedian, &c.
And the deponent farther declares, that the other witnesses of these documents were Oscar Colby, and Edward Stone.
This was in January, but deponent does not remember the day.
Asked to state the price of the children bought at the accustomed places for these transactions for the purpose of reselling them, the deponent states that the children are sold at the same price at which they are purchased at that place.
Besides having all the forms of the passive, deponent verbs have also the future active infinitive and a few other active forms which will be noted later.
In addition to the passive conjugation, deponent verbs use certain forms from the active.
The fact that only deponent verbs have a perfect active participle (cf.
For example, we can translate Cæsar having encouraged the legions just as it stands, because «hortor» is a deponent verb.
Deponent verbs have the participles of the active voice as well as of the passive; consequently every deponentverb has four participles, as, Pres.
On the other hand, the future passive participle of deponentverbs is passive in meaning as in other verbs.
Deponent verbs have the gerund of the active voice (see §493).
Footnote 2: Will this be a deponent or an active form?
Observe that the perfect participle of deponent verbs is passive in form but active in meaning.
What is the difference in meaning between the perfect participle of a deponent verb and of one not deponent?
Deponent -iō verbs of the third conjugation are inflected like the passive of capiō.
Another deponent observed a European making for a drain like a scared water-rat, when some boatmen, armed with cudgels, cut off his retreat, and beat him down dead into the mud.
She told the deponent the story, who replied, that it was nothing but her fantasy; her eyes looked as if they had been scalded.
Nicholas Rowe testified that Jane Walford, shortly after she was accused, came to the deponent in bed in the evening, and put her hand upon his breast, so that he could not speak, and was in great pain till the next day.
Found Sir John walking about his chamber led by two servants, when Plummer petitioned him to help deponent with goods that he might marry, as he was one of Sir John's relations.
Meanwhile Brakley and Paston wrote another paper in English as a memorial of Fastolf's intention, of which deponent delivered a copy under his own hand in Court.
He made a note of articles in his will, deponent thinks in Latin, probably on that day, but it was not then sealed, and no executor was named.
To this Sir John made answer that he had within a few [days] preceding made his will, which he would not alter, and that he had made mention of deponent therein.
The only point of interest in these replies is that deponent was asked by William Worcester in the city of Norwich on Sunday eight days to give his testimony in the cause.
The last two lines this deponent wrote and dried with ashes in presence of Thomas Howys.
Moreover, John Symmys did not shoe horses in the manor that Saturday, for deponent had the custody of the forge and kept the keys.
That this deponent and his companions were armed with muskets, and upon seeing Major Andre approach the place where they were concealed, they rose and presented their muskets at him, and required him to stop, which he did.
Having ascertained thus much, this deponent and his companions undeceived him as to their characters, declaring themselves to be Americans, and that he must consider himself their prisoner.
And this deponent expressly declares, that every offer made by Major Andre to them was promptly and resolutely refused.
Deponent further stated that her daughter, Elizabeth Durent, about ten years of age, was afflicted like her other child, and in her fits complained of Ann Duny tormenting her.
On hearing this, deponent went to the old woman's house, and found her grievously scorched.
Deponent lent her sister a sovereign to give to the woman.
Subsequently Jones told deponent that ever since the old hag kissed his hand he felt ill.
Next day a friend of Duny's tolddeponent that a certain old woman was severely burned.
The active meaning of deponent participles, in spite of the fact that some of them (e.
In the first affidavit it was deposed that Mr. Gourlay had been domiciliated at Queenston for more than nine months, and that the deponent verily believed him to be a natural-born subject of Great Britain.
The said old veteran also told the deponent that many of the Templars carried idols about with them in boxes, &c.
The deponent also declared that he had threatened to peep through a secret door to see what was going on, but was warned that it was inevitable death so to do.
Being asked as to the time when the woman heard this, the deponent stated that she told it to him about fourteen years back at London, where she kept a shop for her husband, Robert Cotacota!
The next day he returned to Far West, and further this deponent saith not.
Deponent then took leave of said Black and repaired to the house of Lyman Wight.
Deponent then asked him if he would make said statement in writing, so as to refute the statement of those who had affirmed that he (Black) was one of the leaders of the mob.
Whereupon the deponent declares that he submitted to said process and was conducted by wagon and trail to a bark shanty at some place in the woods unknown to him where the bandage was removed from his eyes.
Deponent further declares that he administered an opiate and dressed and put a number of stitches in the injured parts and bound them with a bandage soaked in liniment.
Then deponent returned to his home, blindfolded as he had left it.
He offered the deponent the sum of ten dollars to submit to the process of blindfolding and of being conducted to I said place for the purpose of giving relief to the injured man.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "deponent" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: bystander; eyewitness; informant; informer; passerby; spectator; voucher; witness
