DEPUTED

Verb

deputed

simple past tense and past participle of depute

Source: Wiktionary


DEPUTE

De*pute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deputing.] Etym: [F. députer, 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.

De*pute", n.

Definition: A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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