De*pute" , n. A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.]
De*pute" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deputed;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Deputing.]
[F. députer, fr. L.
deputare to esteem, consider, in LL., to destine, allot; de- + putare
to clean, prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Pure.] 1. To appoint as
deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.
There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
2. Sam. xv. 3. Some persons, deputed by a meeting.
Macaulay. 2. To appoint; to assign; to choose. [R.]
The most conspicuous places in cities
are usually deputed for the erection of statues.
Barrow.
Hear it pronounced