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depute /di-pūtˈ/ transitive verb- To appoint or send as a substitute or agent
- To send with a special commission
- To give (one's authority) to someone else
combining form /depˈūt/ In Scotland, appointed deputy (as in sheriff-depute, often simply the depute) ORIGIN: L dēputāre to prune, (later) to select deputation /dep-ū-tāˈshən/ noun - The act of deputing
- The person or persons deputed or appointed to transact business for another
- A representative body of people sent to state a case in a dispute
- The privilege of shooting game, or a document granting it, formerly given by the lord of a manor, nominally as to a gamekeeper
depˈūtize or depˈūtise transitive verb To appoint as deputy intransitive verb To act as deputy depˈūty noun - A person deputed or appointed to act for another, esp (US) for a sheriff
- A delegate or representative, or substitute
- A legislator, member of a chamber of deputies
- A person who attends to safety arrangements in a coalmine
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