depute

UK/di'pju:t/US

GREA1

Definitions

To give someone the authority to do a task on your behalf; to delegate

委派，委任为代理

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

de-down, away, reversal

putethink, consider, reckon

=depute

de- (off, away) + pute (assign by reckoning) = to 'cut off' a duty and assign it to someone. The verb behind deputy; fairly rare and formal in modern English.

Root put still carries 14 more words

Example Sentences

1.
The manager deputed a junior colleague to attend the meeting.
2.
She was deputed to negotiate on the team's behalf.

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