depute
to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
to assign (authority, a function, etc.) to a deputy.
Origin of depute
1Other words from depute
- dep·u·ta·ble [dep-yuh-tuh-buhl, duh-pyoo-], /ˈdɛp yə tə bəl, dəˈpyu-/, adjective
- un·de·put·ed, adjective
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How to use depute in a sentence
In any other democracy, the chief justice or a very senior judge would have been deputed to try it.
Is Julia Tymoshenko Europe’s Aung San Suu Kyi? | Geoffrey Robertson | October 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOne company of them, saluting me from a distance, deputed a girl to make known their wishes.
There was once a learned gentleman who was deputed to examine and report upon the archives of the Cathedral of Southminster.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) JamesAn old man was deputed to gather the women together, but not one of them so much as resembled the Snake-woman.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis SpenceJudge Rutherford was striding up and down the sitting-room, but it was Sheba who was deputed to tell the news.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim | Frances Hodgson Burnett
Whereupon a party of medicine-men were deputed to make a pilgrimage towards the great river.
Letters from the Alleghany Mountains | Charles Lanman
British Dictionary definitions for depute
to appoint as an agent, substitute, or representative
to assign or transfer (authority, duties, etc) to a deputy; delegate
Scot
a deputy
(as modifier; usually postpositive): sheriff depute
Origin of depute
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