DEPUTE Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

depute

verb

di-ˈpyüt

Definition of depute

as in to appoint

to appoint as one's representative the governor has the authority to depute anyone

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Recent Examples of depute This ability to chop and change without unduly weakening the team — Smith seamlessly replacing top scorer Kieffer Moore over Christmas as midfielder George Thomason deputed admirably at left wing-back — could become even more important if further progress is made in the Cup. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026 And when all is prepared duly, the chief officer deputed by the Khan smears the seal entrusted to him with vermilion, and impresses it on the paper, so that the form of the seal remains imprinted upon it in red; the money is then authentic. — John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019 Lord Cornwallis, as the Company’s governor general, deputed him to interact and negotiate with the Bhonsles, the Maratha rulers in Nagpur. — Anu Kumar, Quartz India, 26 July 2019

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The White County Quorum Court voted unanimously Thursday night to appoint George Brown to serve the remainder of his wife's term as county judge, until the end of the year.

— Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2026
In 2023, at age 38, he had been appointed to a professorship in sociology of education at the University of Cambridge, becoming the youngest Black professor in the institution’s 800-year history.

— Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

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