depute

(dĭ-pyūt')
tr.v., -put·ed, -put·ing, -putes.

1. To appoint or authorize as an agent or a representative.
2. To assign (authority or duties) to another; delegate.

[Middle English deputen, from Old French deputer, from Late Latin dēputāre, to allot, from Latin, to consider : dē-, de- + putāre, to ponder.]

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: transfer power to someone
  Synonym: delegate

Meaning #2: appoint as a substitute
  Synonyms: deputize, deputise

Meaning #3: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
  Synonyms: delegate, designate, assign

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udnævne til stedfortræder, beskikke, overdrage, uddelegere
n. - stedfortræder

Nederlands (Dutch)
delegeren, afvaardigen

Français (French)
v. tr. - charger, assigner, députer, déléguer (qn pour faire)
n. - député, délégué

Deutsch (German)
v. - deputieren, bevollmächtigen
n. - Stellvertreter

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναθέτω δικαιοδοσία ή εκπροσώπηση, εκχωρώ αρμοδιότητες, εξουσιοδοτώ

Italiano (Italian)
deputare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - delegar, incumbir

Русский (Russian)
поручать, делегировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - delegar, asignar
n. - delegado, asignado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - anförtro, överlåta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
指定代理人, 委任, 委以代理人, 代表, 代理人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 指定代理人, 委任, 委以代理人
n. - 代表, 代理人

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (권한, 일을) 일임하다, 대리인으로 임명하다
n. - 대리인, 부관

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 代理者とする, 委任する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعطي شخص السلطه للتكلم أو التصرف بالنيابه عنه, يفوض, ينتدب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הסמיך, ייפה כוחו‬
n. - ‮ציר מוסמך או מיופה-כוח‬

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