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deputing

deputing is the present participle and gerund of depute.

Meaning of 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
  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

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Questions about deputing

What is deputing the present participle and gerund of?
Deputing is the present participle and gerund of depute.

Words near deputing in the dictionary

  1. deputers
  2. deputes
  3. deputeth
  4. deputied
  5. deputies
  6. deputing
  7. deputinisation
  8. deputinization
  9. deputisation
  10. deputise
  11. deputised

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