DEPUTIZE

depute, deputize, deputise

(verb) appoint as a substitute

substitute, deputize, deputise, step in

(verb) act as a substitute; “She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

deputize (third-person singular simple present deputizes, present participle deputizing, simple past and past participle deputized)

(transitive) To make (someone) a deputy; to officially empower.

(transitive) To make or name as a substitute.

(intransitive) To act as a deputy.

Source: Wiktionary

Dep"u*tize, v. t.

Definition: To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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