depute

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.
   • Will Wyatt having moved up a notch, the project was deputed to a second team of producers whose judgement I didn't trust.2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador, published 2007, page 229
3. To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.
   • There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 15:3
   • Some persons, deputed by a meeting.1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green...
4. To appoint; to assign; to choose.
   • The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues.c. 1675, Isaac Barrow, The Duty of Thanksgiving

Noun

IPA/ˈdɛ.pjuːt/

depute (plural deputes)

1. (Scotland) A deputy.
   • […] discharging hereby the said sheriff and his deputes […]1774, George Dallas, A System of Stiles, page 99