Associations to the word «Depute»

Wiktionary

DEPUTE, verb. (obsolete) To assign (someone or something) to or for something.
DEPUTE, verb. To delegate (a task etc.) to a subordinate.
DEPUTE, verb. To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.
DEPUTE, verb. To appoint; to assign; to choose.
DEPUTE, noun. (Scotland) Deputy.

Dictionary definition

DEPUTE, verb. Transfer power to someone.
DEPUTE, verb. Appoint as a substitute.
DEPUTE, verb. Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats