Meaning of DEPUTE
| Pronunciation: | | du'pyoot
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- [v] give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- [v] appoint as a substitute
- [v] transfer power to someone
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| | Synonyms: | | assign, delegate, deputise, deputize, designate |
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| | See Also: | | advance, appoint, break, bump, cast, charge, demote, depute, devolve, elevate, kick downstairs, kick upstairs, mandate, place, post, promote, raise, reassign, regiment, relegate, task, transfer, upgrade | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\De*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deputed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Deputing}.] [F. d['e]puter, fr. L. deputare to esteem,
consider, in LL., to destine, allot; de- + putare to clean,
prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See {Pure}.]
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.
\De*pute"\, n.
A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.]
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