Hypertext Webster Gateway: "depute"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Depute \De*pute"\, n.
A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Depute \De*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deputed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Deputing}.] [F. d['e]puter, fr. L. deputare to esteem,
consider, in LL., to destine, allot; de- + putare to clean,
prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See {Pure}.]
1. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in
one's place; to delegate.
There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
--2. Sam. xv.
3.
Some persons, deputed by a meeting. --Macaulay.
2. To appoint; to assign; to choose. [R.]
The most conspicuous places in cities are usually
deputed for the erection of statues. --Barrow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
depute
v 1: transfer power to someone [syn: {delegate}]
2: appoint as a substitute [syn: {deputize}, {deputise}]
3: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task
to (a person) [syn: {delegate}, {designate}, {assign}]
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