[ UK /dˈɛpjuːt/ ]
VERB
  1. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
  2. transfer power to someone
  3. appoint as a substitute

How To Use depute In A Sentence

  • The monotheists among them were deputed to administer this punishment.
  • It so happened that I had fallen sick, and therefore I deputed him to some places to perform ceremonies.
  • Fiscal depute Elaine Lynch said: “The accused got to his feet and was standing over the police officer exposing his penis and thrusting it in her face, forcing her to take evasive action to avoid getting struck.” Aberrations from cyberspace « Anglican Samizdat
  • But, I understand, the great disturbers of the room where Mad. de ____ sleeps are two chanoines, whose noses are so sonorous and so untuneable as to produce a sort of duet absolutely incompatible with sleep; and one of the company is often deputed to interrupt the serenade by manual application _mais tout en badinant et avec politesse_ [But all in pleasantry, and with politeness.] to the offending parties. A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners
  • Strathnairn; who has accepted the same and given his oath _pro fideli administratione_, and to be accountable to the said noble Lord or his deputes for the same as law will, and this present commission to stand to the Feast of Whitsunday next to come 1622 years allenarly. The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad
  • It is strange to note here that there is no post of female Nurse and a charge nurse was deputed (detailed) from Chitral but due to no facilities in the hospital she also posted back to Chitral. Drosh hospital face shortage of staff
  • A guide had been deputed to encourage the members to present their views, write essays and draw paintings.
  • The village head deputes a guide to initiate the tourist in the delights of rustic living, like fishing and prawn culture.
  • Referring to Edinburgh's decision, Graeme Kirkpatrick, the union's depute president, said: A £36,000 degree is both staggering and ridiculous. Edinburgh University to charge £36,000 a degree
  • I need to model how to analyse a poem," writes one, deputed to teach war poetry, "as the students do not really understand the poetry terms such as metaphor, personification etc, but it is very difficult to get the group quiet quickly enough or long enough. Only a sadist would inflict Dryden on our schoolchildren
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