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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depute \De*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deputed}; p. pr & vb
n. {Deputing}.] [F. d['e]puter, fr L. deputare to esteem,
consider, in LL., to destine, allot; de- + putare to clean,
prune, clear up set in order reckon, think. See {Pure}.]
1. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in
one's place to delegate.
There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
--2. Sam. xv
3.
Some persons, deputed by a meeting. --Macaulay.
2. To appoint; to assign; to choose [R.]
The most conspicuous places in cities are usually
deputed for the erection of statues. --Barrow.
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