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DEPONENT
Definition of DEPONENT
adjective
Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).
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Where it comes from
From Latin dēpōnēns (“laying aside”), the present active participle of dēpōnō (“lay aside”), from dē- + pōnō (“put, place”). The name comes from the idea that such verbs were originally reflexive and then later "laid aside" their passive meanings.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,038)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEPONENT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEPONENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEPONENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEENNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start DEPONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEPONENT?
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