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View synonyms for depute
depute
[ duh-pyoot ]
verb (used with object)
, de·put·ed, de·put·ing.
- to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
- to assign (authority, a function, etc.) to a deputy.
depute
verb
- to appoint as an agent, substitute, or representative
- to assign or transfer (authority, duties, etc) to a deputy; delegate
noun
- a deputy
- ( as modifier; usually postpositive )
sheriff depute
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Other Words From
- dep·u·ta·ble [dep, -y, uh, -t, uh, -b, uh, l, d, uh, -, pyoo, -], adjective
- unde·puted adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of depute1
C15: from Old French deputer, from Late Latin dēputāre to assign, allot, from Latin de- + putāre to think, consider
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Example Sentences
I depute you to open this sealed document and read the contents to the company.
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Gonzalo said that he would depute two friends, who would arrange with them the details for their meeting at Nieva in the morning.
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How on earth could I depute such a responsibility to any one in the office.
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The ignorant and uneducated man is quite too willing to depute to others the task of thinking for him and furnishing his opinions.
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He was the son of one of the depute clerks to the Supreme Court, not an elevated position, though one of great respectability.
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