depute
verb (used with object)
to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
had deputed
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past perfectof depute.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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For the homeward voyage she had deputed the captain's responsibilities to the first mate, and had raised his pay slightly, but the captain's dignity she reserved for herself.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Then he summoned the Cadis and the witnesses, who took act that King Suleiman had deputed his Vizier his proxy to conclude the marriage, and King Zehr Shah joyfully consented on behalf of his daughter.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John
There was no preparation for the Holy Communion that day, and I had deputed the clerk to select the hymns, for I was far too ill to attend to anything myself.
From From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry by Haslam, William
The Scottish assembly, at any rate, had warmly entertained the notion, and had deputed the difficult and delicate work to Henderson himself.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter
Then Lady Gray was asked to choose for the absent James Barlow, and did so as calmly as if he had but stepped around the corner and had deputed her to act for him.
From Dorothy on a Ranch by Raymond, Evelyn
