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Depute vs Deputable - What's the difference?

depute | deputable |

As a verb depute

is .

As an adjective deputable is

fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy.

depute

English

Verb

(deput)
  • (obsolete) To assign (someone or something) to or for something.
  • To delegate (a task etc.) to a subordinate.
  • * 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 229:
    • Will Wyatt having moved up a notch, the project was deputed to a second team of producers whose judgement I didn't trust.
  • To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.
  • * Bible 2. Sam. xv. 3
    • There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
  • * Macaulay
    • Some persons, deputed by a meeting.
  • To appoint; to assign; to choose.
  • * Barrow
    • The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) Deputy.

    • deputable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy.
    • (Carlyle)
    (Webster 1913)