Meaning & use
depute
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To delegate a task or authority to another person.
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The manager will depute a colleague to handle the client meeting in her absence.
He was deputed to represent the company at the conference.
A note on using this word
Though less common today than 'delegate,' 'depute' survives in formal and legal British English, and gives us the noun 'deputy.'
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