depute

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: de=pute

OXFORD DICTIONARY

depute, 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 deput{eacute} past part. of deputer f. L deputare regard as, allot (as DE-, putare think)

ROGET THESAURUS

depute

Commission

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.