- (of a verb) appearing only in the passive or Greek middle-voice forms, but with active meaning.
- a person who testifies under oath, especially in writing.
- a deponent verb, as Latin loquor.
- (of a verb, esp in Latin) having the inflectional endings of a passive verb but the meaning of an active verb
- a deponent verb
- law
- a person who makes an affidavit
- a person, esp a witness, who makes a deposition
