Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēpōst n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēpōst n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A thing entrusted for safekeeping; -- used fig.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Tim.6.20 : Thou Tymothe, kepe the depoost [L depositum], or thing bitakun to thee, eschewinge curside noueltees of voyces, and opynyouns of fals name of kunnyng.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Tim.1.12 : He is myȝti for to kepe my depoost, or thing putt in keping, into that day.