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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Deposit

De-pŏz'it, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEPOSITED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEPOSITING.] [From Lat. deponere, depositum; Pr., Sp., & Pg. depositar, It. depositare, dipositare. See supra and infra.]

  1. To lay down; to place; to put; as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; a bird deposits her eggs in a nest; an inundation deposits particles of earth in a meadow.
  2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse, or books in a library.
  3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; especially, to place in a bank, as a sum of money, to be drawn at will.
  4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.]

If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error. Hammond.

De-pŏs'it, n.

noun

n. [Lat. depositum, from depositus, p. p. of deponere; Pr. deposit, deposite, deposito, It. & Sp. deposito, Fr. dépôt, O. Fr. depost. See supra, and cf. DEPOT.]

Sense 1. That which is deposed, or laid or thrown down; especially, matter precipitated from solution in water or any other liquid.

The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portions of the charged fluid a basis. — Kirwan.

Sense 2. That which is placed any where, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another: especially, a sum of money left with a bank or banker, subject to order. “Not so faithful a guardian of her deposit.”

Sense 3. A place where things are deposited; a depositary. [Rare.]

In deposit, or on deposit, in trust or safe keeping as a deposit.