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Meanings of depute in English

Portuguese
deputar
Catalan
assignar
Spanish
asignar

To give something to (a person), or assign a task to (a person).

        deputar
        Portuguese
        substituir
        Spanish
        reemplazar

        Appoint as a substitute.

              substituir
              Usage of depute in English
              1
              The Sheriff-depute of the county arrived at Ellangowan next morning by daybreak.
              Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01
              2
              He worked as both a procurator fiscal depute and a hotel manager.
              The Guardian
              3
              Always depute that part of your work which somebody else can do.'
              The Gold of Chickaree
              4
              In 1822 he became one of the four advocates-depute for Scotland.
              The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
              5
              I feared the disagreeableness of the duty might make you depute your under-sheriff.
              The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
              6
              I have no one to whom I can depute any of the arrangements.
              Floyd Grandon's Honor
              7
              Tell her I depute you to kiss my son for me.
              The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5
              8
              I'm sorry; but you'll have to depute me to present it.
              The Custom of the Country
              9
              At length it was unanimously agreed to depute Anton Prokofievitch to do this business.
              Taras Bulba, and Other Tales
              10
              Better still if you would depute me to do it.
              Helena
              11
              However, I shall depute Mr. Shafto to look after you.
              The Road to Mandalay: A Tale of Burma
              12
              And when she began to depute certain matters in the household management to Barefoot, she said:
              The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
              13
              Let us depute D'Artois to do it.
              Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
              14
              No one has or could depute me.
              Framley Parsonage
              15
              I shall depute the task to a worthy fellow named Willis, in whom I shall have every confidence.
              A Damsel in Distress
              16
              They depute it to certain officials.
              One of Our Conquerors — Volume 5
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              Depute through the time