Verb

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(depute)

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.

Verb

(head)

(appoint).

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