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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEPUTE, v.t. To appoint as a substitute or agent to act for another; to appoint and send with a special commission or authority to transact business in anothers name. The sheriff deputes a man to serve a writ.
There is no man deputed by the king to hear. 1 Samuel 15.
The bishop may depute a priest to administer the sacrement.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: transfer power to someone [syn: delegate, depute]
2: appoint as a substitute [syn: depute, deputize, deputise]
3: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute, assign]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (deputed; deputing) Etymology: Middle English, to appoint, from Anglo-French deputer, from Late Latin deputare to assign, from Latin, to consider (as), from de- + putare to consider Date: 14th century delegate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. (often foll. by to) 1 appoint as a deputy. 2 delegate (a task, authority, etc.) (deputed the leadership to her). --n. Sc. a deputy. Etymology: ME f. OF deputé past part. of deputer f. L deputare regard as, allot (as DE-, putare think)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Depute De*pute", n. A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Depute De*pute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deputing.] [F. d['e]puter, fr. L. deputare to esteem, consider, in LL., to destine, allot; de- + putare to clean, prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Pure.] 1. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate. There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. --2. Sam. xv. 3. Some persons, deputed by a meeting. --Macaulay. 2. To appoint; to assign; to choose. [R.] The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. --Barrow.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(deputes, deputing, deputed) If you are deputed to do something, someone tells or allows you to do it on their behalf. (FORMAL) A sub-committee was deputed to investigate the claims. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to-inf

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Delegate, commission, send out, appoint as agent.