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What does deponent mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word deponent? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (of some Latin, Greek, Danish or Old Irish verbs) Having passive form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning. (Such verbs, originally reflexive, are considered to have laid aside their passive meanings.)
Noun
  1. (law) A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
  2. (grammar) A deponent verb.
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