deputize

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: dep=u=tize

OXFORD DICTIONARY

deputize, v.intr. (also -ise) (usu. foll. by for) act as a deputy or understudy.

THESAURUS

deputize

accredit, act for, answer for, appear for, arm, assign, authorize, back up, charge, charter, clothe, clothe with power, commission, commit, consign, delegate, depute, designate an agent, detach, detail, devolute, devolve, devolve upon, empower, enable, endow, endue, entrust, front for, give in charge, invest, license, mission, pinch-hit for, post, represent, send out, speak for, stand in for, substitute for, transfer, understudy, warrant