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Webster 1913 Edition


Depute

De-pute′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deputed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Deputing
.]
[F.
députer
, 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.
There is no man
deputed
of the king to hear thee.
2. Sam. xv. 3.
Some persons,
deputed
by a meeting.
Macaulay.
2.
To appoint; to assign; to choose.
[R.]
The most conspicuous places in cities are usually
deputed
for the erection of statues.
Barrow.

De-pute′

,
Noun.
A person deputed; a deputy.
[Scot.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Depute

DEPUTE

,
Verb.
T.
To appoint as a substitute or agent to act for another; to appoint and send with a special commission or authority to transact business in anothers name. The sheriff deputes a man to serve a writ.
There is no man deputed by the king to hear. 2 Sam. 15.
The bishop may depute a priest to administer the sacrement.

Definition 2024


depute

depute

See also: députe and député

English

Verb

depute (third-person singular simple present deputes, present participle deputing, simple past and past participle deputed)

  1. (obsolete) To assign (someone or something) to or for something.
  2. To delegate (a task etc.) to a subordinate.
    • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 229:
      Will Wyatt having moved up a notch, the project was deputed to a second team of producers whose judgement I didn't trust.
  3. To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.
    • Bible 2. Sam. xv. 3
      There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
    • Macaulay
      Some persons, deputed by a meeting.
  4. To appoint; to assign; to choose.
    • Barrow
      The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues.

Noun

depute (plural deputes)

  1. (Scotland) Deputy.