Past tense of depute
regular verb
The past tense of depute is deputed. The past participle is also deputed.
Forms of depute
| Base form (V1) | depute /dɪˈpjuːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | deputed |
| Past participle (V3) | deputed |
| Present participle | deputing |
| Third person singular | deputes |
Deputed in a sentence
- 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
- Viewing the forces arrayed against him at the G20, President Vladimir Putin deputed Lavrov to attend the two-day event in his stead, and for a brief moment it appeared to have been too much.2022 November 15, Patrick Wintour, “Sergei Lavrov, a fixture of Russian diplomacy facing his toughest test in Ukraine”, in The Guardian
- The maximum allowed a deputy is five deputed votes, and only then when the deputers cannot come themselves, for whatsoever reason.”2018, C. P. Boyko, The Children's War, Biblioasis, →ISBN. From the entry deputer
Meaning of depute
- verb To assign (someone or something) to or for something.
- verb To delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate.
- verb To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.
Questions about the past tense of depute
- What is the past tense of depute?
- The past tense of depute is deputed.
- What is the past participle of depute?
- The past participle of depute is deputed.
- Is depute a regular or irregular verb?
- Depute is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: depute (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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