deputize
verb (used with object)
to appoint as deputy.
had deputized
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past perfectof deputize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Through the summer and fall, frustration rose on Capitol Hill and among advocates, with many pushing Biden and Harris, whom he had deputized to advance the issue, to launch a more vigorous campaign for action.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
Marshals Service had deputized officers from the Department of Homeland Security and from the Bureau of Prisons to assist in enforcing federal law.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 10, 2020
No one had deputized Druce to give Geoghan his just deserts.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2013
Dwight Eisenhower, the general whom Marshall had deputized to oversee the Allied invasion of Europe, considered publicly defending his former boss, but then decided not to.
From Newsweek ● Sep. 14, 2012
His father, he said, had been taken suddenly ill, and had deputized him to drive.
From Maggie Miller by Mary Jane Holmes
