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verb
- 1. appoint or instruct (someone) to perform a task for which one is responsible: "she was deputed to look after him while Clare was away" Similar
noun
- 1. a person appointed to act in an official capacity or as a representative of another official: Scottish "a depute chairman"
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DEPUTE definition: 1. to ask someone to act or speak for you: 2. If you depute something to someone, you ask them to…. Learn more.
verb. de· pute di-ˈpyüt. deputed; deputing. Synonyms of depute. transitive verb. : delegate. Synonyms. commission. delegate. deputize. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of depute in a Sentence. Several officers were deputed to guard the building. I've been deputed to meet them at the airport.
depute. (dɪpjuːt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense deputes , present participle deputing , past tense, past participle deputed. verb [usually passive] If you are deputed to do something, someone tells or allows you to do it on their behalf. [formal]
1. To appoint or authorize as an agent or representative. 2. To assign (authority or duties) to another; delegate. [Middle English deputen, from Old French deputer, from Late Latin dēputāre, to allot, from Latin, to consider : dē-, de- + putāre, to ponder; see pau- in Indo-European roots .]
Depute definition: to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.. See examples of DEPUTE used in a sentence.
DEPUTE meaning: 1. to ask someone to act or speak for you: 2. If you depute something to someone, you ask them to…. Learn more.
Definition of depute verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. appoint as a substitute. synonyms: deputise, deputize. see more. verb. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) synonyms: assign, delegate, designate. see more.
verb. deputed, deputes, deputing. To give (authority, functions, etc.) to someone else as deputy. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To appoint as one's substitute, agent, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To assign (authority or duties) to another; delegate. American Heritage. To delegate (a task etc.) to a subordinate.
depute. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English de‧pute /dɪˈpjuːt/ verb → depute somebody to do something → See Verb table Origin depute (1300-1400) French députer, from Latin deputare “to give a particular job to someone”, from putare “to consider”.
