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depute

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de⋅pute

  [duh-pyoot]
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–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 dēputāre to allot, L: to consider, equiv. to dē- de- + putāre to think

Related forms:
dep⋅u⋅ta⋅ble  [dep-yuh-tuh-buhl, duh-pyoo-] , adjective
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de·pute   (dĭ-pyōōt')   
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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