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deputable

deputable adjective: fit to be deputed or to act as a deputy.

Adjective

deputable (comparative more deputable, superlative most deputable)

  1. (archaic) Fit to be deputed or to act as a deputy.
    • [A]ll these fitted Baillie to be a leader in General Assemblies and conclaves, a man deputable to the London Parliament and elsewhither.1841, Thomas Carlyle, Baillee The Covenanter

Forms of deputable

comparativemore deputable
superlativemost deputable

Origin of deputable

From depute + -able.

Questions about deputable

What does deputable mean?
Deputable means fit to be deputed or to act as a deputy.
What part of speech is deputable?
Deputable is an adjective.

Words near deputable in the dictionary

  1. depurinization
  2. depurinize
  3. depurinized
  4. depurition
  5. depuritions
  6. deputable
  7. deputation
  8. deputational
  9. deputationer
  10. deputationers
  11. deputations

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