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de·pute    Audio Help   [duh-pyoot] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -put·ed, -put·ing.
1.to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
2.to assign (authority, a function, etc.) to a deputy.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME deputen < AF, OF deputer to assign < LL députāre to allot, L: to consider, equiv. to dé- de- + putāre to think]

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de·pute    Audio Help   (dĭ-pyōōt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   de·put·ed, de·put·ing, de·putes
  1. To appoint or authorize as an agent or a 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-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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depute

verb
1. transfer power to someone [syn: delegate
2. appoint as a substitute 
3. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) [syn: delegate

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depute1 [diˈpjuːt] verb
to appoint a person to take over a task etc
Arabic: يَنْتَدِب
Chinese (Simplified): 授权给…
Chinese (Traditional): 授權給…
Czech: delegovat
Danish: beskikke
Dutch: afvaardigen
Estonian: asetäitjaks määrama
Finnish: valtuuttaa
French: déléguer
German: abordnen
Greek: ορίζω, εξουσιοδοτώ
Hungarian: felhatalmaz
Icelandic: gera (e-n) að fulltrúa sínum
Indonesian: menunjuk
Italian: delegare
Japanese: 委任する
Korean: 임명하다
Latvian: nozīmēt; pilnvarot
Lithuanian: įgalioti
Norwegian: utnevne som vikar, *stedfortreder
Polish: upełnomocnić
Portuguese (Brazil): deputar, delegar
Portuguese (Portugal): incumbir
Romanian: a delega
Russian: поручать
Slovak: delegovať
Slovenian: imenovati zastopnika
Spanish: delegar, comisionar
Swedish: utse, befullmäktiga
Turkish: atamak, tayin etmek
depute2 [diˈpjuːt] verb
to hand over (a task etc) to someone else to do for one
Arabic: يُفَوِّض
Chinese (Simplified): 委托给…
Chinese (Traditional): 委託給…
Czech: pověřit
Danish: beskikke
Dutch: overdragen
Estonian: volitama
Finnish: uskoa jollekulle
French: déléguer
German: übertragen
Greek: αναθέτω
Hungarian: felhatalmaz
Icelandic: veita, *afhenda (e-m e-ð)
Indonesian: menyerahkan
Italian: delegare
Japanese: 代理者とする
Korean: 위임하다
Latvian: nodot (citam izpildīšanai)
Lithuanian: pavesti
Norwegian: gi i oppdrag
Polish: zlecać
Portuguese (Brazil): delegar
Portuguese (Portugal): delegar
Romanian: a delega
Russian: передавать полномочия
Slovak: poveriť
Slovenian: pooblastiti
Spanish: delegar, encomendar
Swedish: anförtro, överlåta
Turkish: devretmek, vermek
See also: deputize, deputise, deputy, deputation

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Depute

Dep`u*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]putation. See Depute.]

1. The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.

The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God. --South.

2. The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce.

By deputation, or In deputation, by delegated authority; as substitute; through the medium of a deputy. [Obs.]

Say to great C[ae]sar this: In deputation I kiss his conquering hand. --Shak.

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Depute

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.

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