English Dictionary: deputing | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Depute \De*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deputed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deputing}.] [F. d[82]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. 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. |