Depute [verb]
Definition of Depute:
authorize or delegate task
Synonyms of Depute:
● Instruct
● Crown
● Dispatch
● Select
● Send
● Charge
● Deputize
● Bespeak
● Empower
● Enable
● Bid
● Enroll
● Consign
● Entrust
● Induct
● Appoint
● Hire
● Engage
● Name
● License
● Enlist
● Invest
● Ordain
● Contract
● Order
● Employ
● Command
● Nominate
● Commit
● Assign
● Accredit
Opposite/Antonyms of Depute:
● Let go
● Lay off
● Fire
● Expel
● End
● Neglect
● Dismiss
● Cancel
● Stop
● Oppose
● Receive
● Retain
● Keep
● Hold
● Retract
● Shun
● Ignore
● Dodge
● Avoid
● Prevent
● Disallow
● Revoke
● Reject
● Refuse
● Deny
● Prohibit
Sentence/Example of Depute:
I depute you to open this sealed document and read the contents to the company.
Gonzalo said that he would depute two friends, who would arrange with them the details for their meeting at Nieva in the morning.
How on earth could I depute such a responsibility to any one in the office.
The ignorant and uneducated man is quite too willing to depute to others the task of thinking for him and furnishing his opinions.
He was the son of one of the depute clerks to the Supreme Court, not an elevated position, though one of great respectability.
These depute, again, one of their own number to Kapchack's court; you see him yonder, his name is Kauhaha.
Nestor advised him to call an Assembly and depute some of the leading men to make up the quarrel with Achilles.
They that have power to elect a king, have power also to depute some in their name to set the crown upon his head.
At length it was unanimously agreed to depute Anton Prokofievitch to do this business.
Sometimes when exhausted nature could not be denied repose, she would depute the last sad office to another lady.