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depute
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de·pute  (d-pyt)
tr.v. de·put·ed, de·put·ing, de·putes
1. To appoint or authorize as an agent or a representative.
2. To assign (authority or duties) to another; delegate.

[Middle English deputen, from Old French deputer, from Late Latin dputre, to allot, from Latin, to consider : d-, de- + putre, to ponder; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.]

depute
Verb
[-puting, -puted] to appoint (someone) to act on one's behalf [Late Latin deputare to assign, allot]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.depute - transfer power to someone
assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
2.depute - appoint as a substitute
appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
3.depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
mandate - assign authority to
cast - select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona"
post - assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"
cast - assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?"
devolve - pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
task - assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"
place - place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation"
regiment - assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers"
reassign, transfer - transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
delegate, depute - transfer power to someone
mandate - assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony"
elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
place - assign to (a job or a home)
Translations
depute
v depute [diˈpjuːt]
1 to appoint a person to take over a task etc. afvaardig, magtigيَنْتَدِبназначавамdelegovatbeskikkeabordnenορίζω, εξουσιοδοτώdelegar, comisionarasetäitjaks määramaوکیل کردن؛ وکالت دادن بهvaltuuttaadéléguerלְמָנוֹת מֵמָלֵא מָקוֹםप्रतिनियुक्त करनाodaslati, ovlastiti kao zastupnikafelhatalmazmenunjukgera (e-n) að fulltrúa sínumdelegare委任する임명하다įgaliotinozīmēt; pilnvarotmewakilkanafvaardigenutnevne som vikar/stedfortrederupełnomocnićincumbira delegaпоручатьdelegovaťimenovati zastopnikaovlastitiutse, befullmäktigaมอบหมายatamak, tayin etmek授權給...делегуватиنائب مقرر کرناuỷ quyền...
2 to hand over (a task etc) to someone else to do for one. deputeer, oordraيُفَوِّضвъзлагамpověřitbeskikkeübertragenαναθέτωdelegar, encomendarvolitamaنماینده خود کردن؛ کاری را به کسی واگذار کردنuskoa jollekulledéléguerלִמסוֹר לְמֵמָלֵא מָקוֹםसौंपनाopunomoćitifelhatalmazmenyerahkanveita/afhenda (e-m e-ð)delegare代理者とする위임하다pavestinodot (citam izpildīšanai)menyerahkanoverdragengi i oppdragzlecaćdelegara delegaпередавать полномочияpoveriťpooblastitidelegiratianförtro, överlåtaแต่งตั้งให้ทำการแทนdevretmek, vermek委託給...передавати повноваженняقائم مقام کرناtrao quyền...
n ˌdepuˈtation [depju-]
a group of people appointed to represent others The miners sent a deputation to the Prime Minister.afvaardiging, deputasieتَفْويض ، وَفْد، وُفودпредставителствоdelegacedeputationdie Abordnungαντιπροσωπείαdelegaciónsaatkondگروه نمایندگی؛ هیئت نمایندگانlähetystödélégationמִשׁלַחַת, נְצִיגוּתप्रतिनियुक्तिizaslanstvoküldöttségperwakilansendinefnddelegazione代表대표단delegacijadelegācijaperwakilandelegatieutsendinger, deputasjondelegacjadelegaçãodelegaţieдепутацияdelegáciadelegacijadelegacijadeputationกลุ่มตัวแทนที่ถูกตั้งขึ้น;ผู้แทนtemsilciler heyeti委派代表делегаціяکسی جماعت کی نمائندہ وفدđại biểu
v deputize, *deputise [ˈdepju-]
to act as a deputy She deputized for her father at the meeting.as plaasvervanger optree, vervangيَنوبُ عَنпредставямzastupovatvære stedfortræder; vikarierevertretenεκπροσωπώsuplir, sustituirasetäitjana tegutsemaجانشین کسی بودن؛ به نیابت از کسی عمل کردنtoimia sijaisenareprésenterלְמָלֵא מָקוֹםप्रतिनियुक्ति करनाopunomoćiti,zastupatihelyettesít, képviselmewakilivera fulltrúiagire come rappresentante/delegato di代理を務める대신하다atstovauti, pavaduotipārstāvētmewakiliinvallenvære representant/vikarzastępowaćsubstituira reprezentaзамещатьzastupovaťzastopatizamenjivativara ställföreträdare för, vikarieraเป็นตัวแทนvekâlet etmek擔任代表представляти, репрезентуватиنائب یا ماتحت کے طور پر کام کرناđại diện
n deputy [ˈdepjuti]
someone appointed to help a person and take over some of his jobs if necessary While the boss was ill, his deputy ran the office.afgevaardigde, gesantنائِبпредставителzástupcestedfortræder; vice-; næst-; under-der/die Stellvertreter(in)αναπληρωτήςsuplente, sustitutoasetäitjaمعاون؛ وکیلsijainenadjoint, ointeמֵמָלֵא מָקוֹםप्रतिनिधि, उपizaslanik, opunomoćenikhelyetteswakilfulltrúisostituto代理보좌관, 대리, ...보pavaduotojasvietniekswakilplaatsvervangernestkommanderende, stedfortreder, vara-, vise-zastępcasubstitutoadjunctзаместительzástupcanamestnik, pomočnikzamenikställföreträdare, vikarieผู้รักษาการแทนvekil副(職)заступник; замісникنیابت کرنے والاcấp phó

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