DEPUTIZE


Meaning of DEPUTIZE in English

ˈdepyəˌtīz also ÷ -pə- verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Usage: see -ize

Etymology: deputy + -ize

transitive verb

1. : to appoint as deputy : make into a deputy especially by an official swearing in

2. : to entrust to a deputy

friends would like to see him deputize part of his mountainous work to lieutenants — Li Shu-Fan

intransitive verb

1. : to act as deputy

a dearth of princes who could deputize for the sovereign — Times Literary Supplement

2. : to act or function as a substitute in another's place

if photography was ever allowed to deputize for art … in the end it would either supplant or completely corrupt art — Douglas Cooper

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