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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. transfer power to someone;
[syn: delegate, depute]

2. appoint as a substitute;
[syn: depute, deputize, deputise]

3. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person);
[syn: delegate, designate, depute, assign]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Depute \De*pute"\, n. A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Depute \De*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deputing.] [F. d['e]puter, fr. L. deputare to esteem, consider, in LL., to destine, allot; de- + putare to clean, prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Pure.] 1. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate. [1913 Webster] There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. --2. Sam. xv. 3. [1913 Webster] Some persons, deputed by a meeting. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To appoint; to assign; to choose. [R.] [1913 Webster] The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

depute v 1: transfer power to someone [syn: delegate, depute] 2: appoint as a substitute [syn: depute, deputize, deputise] 3: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute, assign]