Sekirov Dictionary

depute

/dɪˈpjuːt/

verb 4
/ˈdɛ.pjuːt/ noun 1
forms 4

verb4

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To delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate.
- Will Wyatt having moved up a notch, the project was deputed to a second team of producers whose judgement I didn't trust. — 2006
To assign (someone or something) to or for something.
•
To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.
- There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. — 1611
•
To appoint; to assign; to choose.
- The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. — 1675

depute

/ˈdɛ.pjuːt/

noun1

•
(Scotland) A deputy.
- […] discharging hereby the said sheriff and his deputes […] — 1774

forms

deputed · deputing · deputes · deputeth

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