depositure

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the participle stem of Latin deponere.

Noun[edit]

depositure (countable and uncountable, plural depositures)

  1. (rare) The act of depositing.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 5:
      The Ægyptians […] by precious Embalments, depositure in dry earths, or handsome inclosure in glasses, contrived the notablest wayes of integrall conservation.

Latin[edit]

Participle[edit]

dēpositūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēpositūrus
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