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deputizes

deputizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deputize.

Meaning of deputize

Verb

deputize (third-person singular simple present deputizes, present participle deputizing, simple past and past participle deputized)

  1. (transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
  2. (transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office
    • I deputize you to act for me while I'm away.
  3. (intransitive) To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office
    • Gringoire, on the other hand, stuck with equal firmness to the fact that he was deputizing for a brother officer who was sick — so sick that he had mislaid his orders.1929, Ford Maddox Ford, No Enemy

Questions about deputizes

What is deputizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Deputizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deputize.

Words near deputizes in the dictionary

  1. deputizations
  2. deputize
  3. deputized
  4. deputizer
  5. deputizers
  6. deputizes
  7. deputizing
  8. deputy
  9. deputy chief constable
  10. deputy chief constables
  11. deputy director

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