DEPUTE


Meaning of DEPUTE in English

(~s, deputing, ~d)

If you are ~d to do something, someone tells or allows you to do it on their behalf. (FORMAL)

A sub-committee was ~d to investigate the claims.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to-inf

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