transitive verb. To appoint or authorize as an agent or representative.

transitive verb. To assign (authority or duties) to another; delegate.

To appoint as a substitute or agent; appoint and send with a special commission or authority to act in the name of a principal.

To set aside or apart; assign.

To assign to a deputy; transfer: as, he deputed his authority to a substitute.

To impute.

noun. A deputy: as, a sheriff depute or an advocate depute.

transitive verb. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

transitive verb. To appoint; to assign; to choose.

noun. A person deputed; a deputy.

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.

verb. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

verb. appoint as a substitute

verb. transfer power to someone