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   depute

   verb

   • 1. appoint or instruct (someone) to perform a task for which one is responsible: "she was deputed to look after him while Clare was away" Similar appointdesignatenominateassigncommissionchargechooseselectelectco-optempowerauthorizemandatedetail
   • ▪ delegate (authority or a task). Similar delegatetransferturn overhand overhand onpass onconsignassignentrustgivedevolve

   noun

   • 1. a person appointed to act in an official capacity or as a representative of another official: Scottish "a depute chairman"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin deputare ‘consider to be, assign’, from de- ‘away’ + putare ‘consider’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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