deputise
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deputise
Past participle: deputised
Gerund: deputising
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| Verb | 1. | deputise - act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold" cover - help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities; "She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week" supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace - take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" |
| 2. | deputise - appoint as a substitute |
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Translations
يَنوبُ عَن
vera fulltrúi
depute
(diˈpjuːt) verb1. to appoint a person to take over a task etc.
2. to hand over (a task etc) to someone else to do for one.
ˌdepuˈtation (depju-) noun a group of people appointed to represent others. The miners sent a deputation to the Prime Minister.
deputize, deputise (ˈdepju-) verb to act as a deputy. She deputized for her father at the meeting.
deputy (ˈdepjuti) noun someone appointed to help a person and take over some of his jobs if necessary. While the boss was ill, his deputy ran the office.
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