Depute

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEPUTED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEPUTING.] [Fr. députer, Pr. & Pg. deputar, Sp. deputar, diputár, It. deputare, from Lat. deputare, to esteem, consider, and in late Lat. to destine, allot, from de and putare, to clean, prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think.]

1Sense 1. To appoint as substitute 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, . . . called upon him. Macaulay.

2Sense 2. To appoint; to assign; to choose. [Rare.]

The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. Barrows.