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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Your master has deputed me, my man, to carry on this investigation, and I should be obliged by your replying in a straightforward, manly way.
From Glyn Severn's Schooldays by Charles Pears
And she has deputed the matter to me.
From The Lady of the Shroud by Bram Stoker
He has deputed me to tell you-- Aune: Deputed you?
From Pillars of Society by R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson) Sharp
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
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
