depute
verb (used with object)
to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
has deputed
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present perfectof depute (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She is not very well, and has deputed me to consult with you instead.
From Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Laurence Oliphant
And she has deputed the matter to me.
From The Lady of the Shroud by Bram Stoker
The National Convention wants to know what treason you are hatching between these four walls, and it has deputed me to find out all there is to know.”
From I Will Repay by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
You know for yourself that he is too ill to leave the house, and he has deputed me to act for him, as I told you.”
From A Little World by George Manville Fenn
Mister Swift has expressed a wish that there should be a speech, and has deputed me to make it.
From Beasley's Christmas Party by Booth Tarkington
