deputize

[ dep-yuh-tahyz ]

/ ˈdɛp yəˌtaɪz /

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Definition of deputize

verb (used with object), dep·u·tized, dep·u·tiz·ing.

to appoint as deputy.

verb (used without object), dep·u·tized, dep·u·tiz·ing.

to act as a deputy; substitute.

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Also especially British, dep·u·tise .

Origin of deputize

First recorded in 1720–30; deput(y) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM deputize

dep·u·ti·za·tion, nounde-dep·u·tize, verb (used with object), de-dep·u·tized, de-dep·u·tiz·ing.un·dep·u·tized, adjective

Words nearby deputize

depth sounder, depurate, depurative, deputation, depute, deputize, deputy, deputy minister, deputy sheriff, De Quincey, der.

How to use deputize in a sentence

To reach that goal, the company will need to be able to deputize its traditional ad slots into addressable placements by overlaying them with targeted campaigns.
Future of TV Briefing: How addressable TV is advancing into the main linear TV market|Tim Peterson|November 3, 2021|Digiday
You may even want to deputize him as a de facto project manager to keep track of who’s doing those projects.
Dealing with an employee who is too good at his job|Karla Miller|September 9, 2021|Washington Post
Clinton didn’t want to do the Sunday shows and Rice was deputized to be the face of the Obama Administration.
By Making the Jan. 6 Probe Political, Republicans Stand to Re-Run Benghazi Playbook|Philip Elliott|July 14, 2021|Time
Instead, McCarthy deputized Katko to negotiate it and then waited a few days to rip the rug out from beneath him, with an assist from McConnell.
The GOP keeps reinforcing the real reason it opposes a Jan. 6 commission|Aaron Blake|May 20, 2021|Washington Post

Sometimes it was deputizing your own community, but it happened.
‘The reality is we have to be professional’: Confessions of an ad exec on working amid the chaos at the Capitol|Kristina Monllos|January 11, 2021|Digiday
Another has Mubarak deputize his vice president and step down in all but name.
Egypt Uprising: The Latest News and Photos|The Daily Beast|January 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Sheriff denied that he had promised to deputize the Pinkertons.
Homestead|Arthur G. Burgoyne
Now I deny that Congress can deputize its legislative powers.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton
A good manager, though, can't simply go and deputize every detail of his job.
The Knack of Managing|Lewis K. Urquhart and Herbert Watson
You may safely deputize only so long as, by so doing, you leave yourself free for the more important, more profitable decisions.
The Knack of Managing|Lewis K. Urquhart and Herbert Watson
Miss Pierson, I deputize you to gather up the stray sunbeams for me that memory may have a regal crown to wear when I am far away.
Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale|Ida Glenwood

British Dictionary definitions for deputize

deputize

deputise

/ (ˈdɛpjʊˌtaɪz) /

verb

to appoint or act as deputy

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