niederlegen — meaning in English

English meaning

• depose verb To remove someone, especially a ruler or leader, from power.

Senses

niederlegen is used for these senses in English:

• depose (literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
• lie down (intransitive) To assume a horizontal position.
• put down (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.

depose — full definition

1. verb To remove someone, especially a ruler or leader, from power.
2. verb To give sworn testimony, or to formally question someone under oath, especially in a legal case.

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