depute

1. v. t. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate. Source: opted

2. v. t. To appoint; to assign; to choose. Source: opted

3. n. A person deputed; a deputy. Source: opted

4. v. transfer power to someone Source: wordnet

5. v. appoint as a substitute Source: wordnet

6. v. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) Source: wordnet

7. 1. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate. There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2. Sam. xv. 3. Some persons, deputed by a meeting. Macaulay. 2. To appoint; to assign; to choose. [R.] The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. Barrow. A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.] Source: webster

8. A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.] Source: adambom

9. v. appoint as a substitute Source: ecdict

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