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Deponing Depone De*pone" (d[-e]*p[=o]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deponed
(-p[=o]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Deponing.] [L. deponere,
depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- +
ponere to put, place. See Position, and cf. Deposit.]
1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
2. To lay down. [R.] --Southey.
3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism]
Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in
conference. --State
Trials(1606).
Postponing Postpone Post*pone", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postponed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Postponing.] [L. postponere, postpositum; post after
+ ponere to place, put. See Post-, and Position.]
1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to
cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as,
to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following
day, or indefinitely.
His praise postponed, and never to be paid.
--Cowper.
2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to
precedence, preference, value, or importance.
All other considerations should give way and be
postponed to this. --Locke.
Syn: To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.
Saponin Saponin Sap"o*nin, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of
soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous
powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and
produces a local an[ae]sthesia. Formerly called also
struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc.
By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which
saponin proper is the type.
sarsaparilla saponin Parillin Pa*ril"lin, n. [Shortened fr. sarsaparillin.] (Chem.)
A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of
sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white
crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin,
sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin.
