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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delegate \Del"e*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delegated}; p. pr & vb n. {Delegating}.] 1. To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize. 2. To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit. The delegated administration of the law. --Locke. Delegated executive power. --Bancroft. The power exercised by the legislature is the people's power, delegated by the people to the legislative. --J. B. Finch.
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