Deputize

Definitions: Deputize

Deputize

Verb

1. Act as a substitute for.

2. Appoint as a substitute.

Synonyms: Deputize

Synonyms: depute (v), deputise (v), stand in (v), step in (v), substitute (v). (additional references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Saudi Arabia	Female parties to court proceedings such as divorce and family law cases generally must deputize male relatives to speak on their behalf. (references)
Women	Saudi Arabia	Women make up approximately 5 percent of the formal work force and own about 20 percent of the businesses, although they must deputize a male relative to represent them in financial transactions. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Deputize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deputize" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	100%	3	202,518

Expression using "deputize": deputize for smb.. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "deputize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		dubloj (double, doubloon, dub, duplicate, understudy), zëvendësoj (act for, commute, cover, displace, double, interchange, make up for, pre empt, replace, substitute, supersede, supplant, understudy), përfaqësoj (act, represent, stand for), caktoj si deputet. (various references)

Arabic		‏فوض (accredit, authorise, authorize, commission, delegate, empower, entrust), ‏ناب عن, ‏إنتدب (delegate, depute). (various references)

Bulgarian		назначавам за представител, замествам (act for, preempt, represent, substitute, supersede, supply), представям (deliver, depicture, exhibit, image, impersonate, introduce, offer, perform, present, project, put in, recommend, represent, show, stage, typify), дублирам (double, stand in for, understudy). (various references)

Chinese		代理 (Agent, Deputies, deputise, Deputy). (various references)

Czech		delegovat (delegate, depute, second), zastupovat (represent, substitute), vyslat (depute, despatch, dispatch, send, send forth). (various references)

Danish		træde i en gruppeformands sted (to deputize for the chairman of a political group). (various references)

Dutch		een fractievoorzitter vervangen (to deputize for the chairman of a political group). (various references)

Farsi		نیابت کردن , نمایندگی کردن (Depute, Represent), نمایندگی دادن (Delegate). (various references)

Finnish		olla varamiehenä, olla jonkun sijaisena (act as a person's substitute). (various references)

French		députer (depute), assurer l'intérim. (various references)

German		vertreten (act for, act in place of, appear for, attend to, be the agent for, cover for, hold, justify, look after, maintain, plead, replace, represent, sit in, stand in for, sub, sub for, support, to act for, to act in place of, to represent, understudy). (various references)

Greek		αναπληρώ (recoup, replace, replenish), αντιπροσωπεύω (act for, represent, stand for), διορίζω (appoint, assign, constitute, depurate, depute, designate, name, name to, nominate, ordain). (various references)

Hebrew		לפעול כ� צי�'. (various references)

Hungarian		képvisel (act for, represent, to deputize, to plead, to stand for), helyettesít (substitute, supersede, supplant, to deputize, to fill in for sy, to replace, to substitute, to supersede, to understudy). (various references)

Indonesian		mewakilkan. (various references)

Italian		fare le veci di. (various references)

Manx		shassoo stiagh (appearance). (various references)

Norwegian		vikariere. (various references)

Pig Latin		eputizeday

Portuguese		deputar (delegate, depute), agir como deputado. (various references)

Romanian		delega (authorise, authorize, commission, delegate, depute, order), alege deputat. (various references)

Russian		заместить (act, act for), представлять кого-л., дублировать (double, dub, duplicate, understudy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		imenovati za zamenika. (various references)

Spanish		diputar (delegate, depute), delegar (commission, delegate, depute, devolve). (various references)

Swedish		vikariera, utse till vikarie. (various references)

Turkish		vekâlet etmek (act for smb., replace, represent, stand in, stand in for, stand proxy), tayin etmek (appoint, commission, designate, institute, name, nominate, post, prefer, station), atamak (accredit, advance, appoint, assign, co opt, commission, constitute, coopt, create, depute, designate, elect, install, institute, nominate, ordain, post, prefer, station). (various references)

Ukranian		бути депутатом, представляти (represent, subject), дублювати (dupe, understudy). (various references)

Welsh		dirprwyo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "deputize": deputized, deputizes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Deputize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Depuis, deputier, deputine. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "deputize" (pronounced de"pyutī'z)
4	-u t ī' z	alphabetize, democratize, desensitize, digitize, dramatize, hypnotize, prioritize, privatize, proselytize, sanitize, securitize, sensitize, stigmatize, traumatize.
3	-t ī' z	advertise, amortize, neckties.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-p-t-u-z"
	-2 letters: depute, putzed.
	-3 letters: etude, tepid.
	-4 letters: deep, deet, diet, dipt, dite, ditz, duet, duit, dupe, edit, eide, etui, peed, pied, putz, teed, tide, tied.
	-5 letters: dee, die, dip, dit, due, dui, dup, ped, pee, pet, pie, pit, piu, pud, put, ted, tee, tie, tip, tui, tup, zed, zee, zip, zit.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-p-t-u-z"
	+1 letter: deputized, deputizes.
	+3 letters: pasteurized.
	+4 letters: computerized.
	+5 letters: unpasteurized.
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