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subdelegates

subdelegates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of subdelegate.

Meaning of subdelegate

Verb

subdelegate (third-person singular simple present subdelegates, present participle subdelegating, simple past and past participle subdelegated)

  1. (transitive) To delegate (a task already delegated to oneself) to somebody else.
    • To subdelegate a determinate priest to assist at a specified marriage of those subjects of the Military Vicar who have been placed under your personal charge, excluding entirely, however, the power of again subdelegating.1942, The American Ecclesiastical Review: Volume 107
  2. (transitive) To appoint as a subdelegate or subordinate.

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Questions about subdelegates

What is subdelegates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Subdelegates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of subdelegate.

Words near subdelegates in the dictionary

  1. subdegree
  2. subdeities
  3. subdeity
  4. subdelegate
  5. subdelegated
  6. subdelegates
  7. subdelegating
  8. subdelegation
  9. subdelegations
  10. subdeletion
  11. subdeletions

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