Depute

Definitions: Depute

Depute

Verb

1. Transfer power to someone.

2. Appoint as a substitute.

3. Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).

Date "depute" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Depute (2 syl.). To depute means to prune or cut off a part; deputation is the part cut off. A deputation is a slip cut off to represent the whole. (Latin, deputo.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Depute

Synonyms: assign (v), delegate (v), deputise (v), deputize (v), designate (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Commission	Verb: commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust, entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize; (permit).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Depute

English words defined with "depute": Deputed, Deputing. (references)

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Adams	1797-1801	The first necessary step, then, is to depute power from the many to a few of the most wise and good.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Depute" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 69.49% of the time. "Depute" is used about 59 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
Noun (singular)	69.49%	41	53,521
Noun (proper)	27.12%	16	87,710
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	1.69%	1	339,140
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.69%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	59	N/A

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "depute": depute-fiscal.
	Ending with "depute": advocate-depute, bailie-depute, sheriff-depute.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "depute"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		afvaardig. (various references)

Albanian		delegoj (delegate), i kaloj, caktoj si zëvendës. (various references)

Arabic		‏إنتدب (delegate, deputize), ‏أوفد. (various references)

Bulgarian		възлагам (allocate, allot, apportion, assign, commission, detail, endue, entrust, indue, put on, rest, set), делегирам (delegate). (various references)

Chinese		提纯 (Deputed, Deputing). (various references)

Czech		delegovat (delegate, deputize, second), vyslat (deputize, despatch, dispatch, send, send forth), přenést (carry forward, communicate, transfer, translate, transplant). (various references)

Dutch		deputeren, afvaardigen (delegate). (various references)

Esperanto		deputi. (various references)

Faeroese		velja umboð. (various references)

Farsi		نمایندگی کردن (Deputize, Represent), نمایندگی دادن به , سپردن (Award, Commit, Confide, Consign, Entrust, Reposit, Surrender). (various references)

French		députer (deputize), déléguer (delegate, deluge, devolve), faire députer. (various references)

Frisian		ôffurdigje (delegate), ôffeardigje. (various references)

German		deputieren (to depute), abordnen (delegate, second). (various references)

Greek		μεταβιβάζω (communicate, convey, devolve, hand down, impart, make over, pass down, relay, settle on, transfer, transmit), εξουσιοδοτώ (accredit, authorise, authorize, delegate, empower, entitle, warrant), διορίζω (appoint, assign, constitute, depurate, deputize, designate, name, name to, nominate, ordain). (various references)

Hungarian		felhatalmaz (authorise, authorize, empower, enable, entitle, licence, license, to authorise, to authorize, to depute, to empower), átruház (assign, confer, convey, devolve, hand over, quitclaim, to alien, to alienate, to assign, to consign, to demise, to devolve, to make over, to release, to transfer). (various references)

Indonesian		mewakili (represent). (various references)

Italian		deputare. (various references)

Manx		cur currym er (entrust), chymnaghey (bequeath, dedicate, dedication, devise, devolve). (various references)

Pig Latin		eputeday

Portuguese		deputar (delegate, deputize). (various references)

Romanian		delega (authorise, authorize, commission, delegate, deputize, order), împuternici (accredit, authorise, authorize, commission, empower, enable, invest, warrant). (various references)

Russian		назначать заместителем (deputize), делегировать (delegate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		opunomoćiti (authorise, authorize, empower). (various references)

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

Swedish		utse som representant, anförtro (commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deposit, entrust, entrusted, trust), överlåta (assign, convey, demise, devolve, leave, make over, pass, remise, transfer, transmit, vest). (various references)

Turkish		vekil atamak, atamak (accredit, advance, appoint, assign, co opt, commission, constitute, coopt, create, deputize, designate, elect, install, institute, nominate, ordain, post, prefer, station). (various references)

Ukranian		передавати повноваження, доручати вести справи, делегувати (delegate). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "depute": deputed, deputes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Depute" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: debuet, debute, debutee, delute, depit, depite, depture, deputier, Deruta, deupe, Dipteb, dipute, edute. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-p-t-u"
	-1 letter: etude.
	-2 letters: deep, deet, duet, dupe, peed, teed.
	-3 letters: dee, due, dup, ped, pee, pet, pud, put, ted, tee, tup.
	-4 letters: de, ed, et, pe, up, ut.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-p-t-u"
	+1 letter: deputed, deputes, erupted, reputed.
	+2 letters: depurate, deputies, deputize, drupelet, outspeed, permuted, puttered.
	+3 letters: bethumped, centupled, departure, depurated, depurates, deputized, deputizes, disrepute, drupelets, outleaped, outspeeds, outyelped, parqueted, peculated, perturbed, plateaued, plenitude, plummeted, preunited, putrefied, repudiate, reputedly, septupled, sextupled, sputtered, stupefied, suspected, trumpeted, unstepped, upstepped.
	+4 letters: departures, depopulate, despiteful, despiteous, disreputes, enraptured, epauletted, eupatridae, eurypterid, exculpated, expurgated, ineptitude, multispeed, outcapered, outpowered, outpreened, outpressed, outspeeded, outspelled, pediculate, persecuted, pirouetted, plenitudes, plentitude, poussetted, prosecuted, recaptured, recomputed, repudiated, repudiates, resculpted, resprouted, speculated, spluttered, tenpounder, unaccepted, uncarpeted, unexpected, unparented, unreported, untempered, upgathered.
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