adjective. Being a verb of active meaning but passive or middle form, as certain Latin and Greek verbs.

noun. A deponent verb.

noun. One who gives testimony by affidavit or deposition.

Laying down.

noun. In Latin grammar, a deponent verb.

noun. One who deposes or makes a deposition, especially under oath; one who makes an affidavit; one who gives written testimony to be used as evidence in a court of justice, or for any other purpose. Abbreviated dpt.

noun. One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing.

noun. A deponent verb.

adjective. Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs.

adjective. Having passive form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning. (Such verbs, originally reflexive, are considered to have laid aside their passive meanings.) Examples include sequor and loquor (confer the category of Latin deponent verbs)

noun. A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.

noun. A deponent verb.

noun. a person who testifies or gives a deposition