(obsolete) To assign (someone or something) to or for something. / To delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate. / To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy. / To appoint; to assign; to choose.

(Scotland) deputy

simple past tense and past participle of depute

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depute

(rare) One who deputes (deputizes, appoints someone as a deputy).

plural of deputer

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

(transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.

simple past tense and past participle of deputize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deputize