deponent in English

noun
1
a deponent verb.
Just because an active form doesn't exist in the relatively small corpus of the New Testament, this is no reason to deem a verb deponent .
2
a person who makes a deposition or affidavit under oath.
I understand from the affidavits that the various deponents have inconvenienced themselves by coming to the Court today.
adjective
1
(of a verb, especially in Latin or Greek) passive or middle in form but active in meaning.
It is a misnomer to classify this as a deponent verb; the middle force of the verb is not absent.
noun
    testifierdeposer

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1. Attestant, attestor, deponent, Attestator, testifier, corroborator, affiant, deposer, signatory, signer, witness … more

2. Synonyms for Attestator include attester, attestant, attestor, deponent, testifier, corroborator, affiant, deposer, signatory and signer

3. It is made by one person (called the deponent) in the presence of an authorised Affidavit taker

4. A person that signs an Affidavit, which is the ultimate act of backing up their statements, is known as the “deponent”

5. ‘Two of the more troublesome phenomena are verbs with an active present and future middle; and ‘passive deponents,’ i.e., ‘deponent’ verbs whose Aorists are passive in form, not middle.’

6. Legal Definition of Affiant : a person who swears to an affidavit — compare deponent, witness History and Etymology for Affiant Middle French, from present participle of affier to pledge faith, swear, from …

7. It is a document a deponent (the person making an Affidavit of what he has witnessed) makes voluntarily, setting out his personal knowledge or belief pertaining to a particular set of facts or events.