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delegate

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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OXFORD DICTIONARY

delegate, n. & v.
--n.
1 an elected representative sent to a conference.
2 a member of a committee.
3 a member of a deputation.
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by to) a commit (authority, power, etc.) to an agent or deputy. b entrust (a task) to another person.
2 send or authorize (a person) as a representative; depute.

Derivative
delegable adj.
Etymology
ME f. L delegatus (as DE-, legare depute)

THESAURUS

delegate

accredit, agent, alternate, ambassador, appoint, ascribe, assign, authorize, buck, catchpole, charge, charter, choose, commend, commissar, commissary, commission, commissionaire, commissioner, commit, confide, consign, depute, deputize, deputy, designate, designate an agent, detach, detail, devolute, devolve, devolve upon, emissary, empower, enfeoff, entrust, envoy, factor, give, give in charge, give in trust, go-between, hand on, hand over, herald, infeudate, legate, license, mandate, messenger, minister, mission, mouthpiece, name, nominate, pass on, pass over, pick, plenipotentiary, post, proxy, relegate, remand, remit, replacement, representative, secretary, select, send out, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, transfer, trust, warrant

ROGET THESAURUS

delegate

Commission

N commission, delegation, consignment, assignment, procuration, deputation, legation, mission, embassy, agency, agentship, power of attorney, clerkship, surrogacy, errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur, permit, appointment, nomination, designation, return, charter, ordination, installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in, accession, coronation, enthronement, vicegerency, regency, regentship, viceroy, consignee, deputy, agent, delegate, consignee, commissioned, per procurationem.

VB commission, delegate, depute, consign, assign, charge, intrust, entrust, commit, commit to the hands of, authorize, put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain, install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown, enroll, enlist, give power of attorney to, employ, empower, set over, place over, send out, be commissioned, be accredited, represent, stand for, stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.

Consignee

N consignee, trustee, nominee, committee, agent, delegate, commissary, commissioner, emissary, envoy, commissionaire, messenger, diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy, ambassador, embassador, representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charge d'affaires, attache, vicegerent, plenipotentiary, functionary, placeman, curator, treasurer, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business, factotum, caretaker, dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta, negotiator, go-between, middleman, under agent, employe, servant, referee, arbitrator, traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler, drummer, traveling man, newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.

Deputy

N deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli, delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary, regent, viceregent, vizier, minister, vicar, premier, chancellor, prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul, proconsul, viceroy, commissioner, Tsung-li Yamen, Wai Wu Pu, plenipotentiary, alter ego, team, eight, eleven, champion, acting, vice, vice regal, accredited to, in behalf of.

Transference

VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.


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