To depute; appropriately, to send with power to transact business as a representative: as. he was delegated to the convention.To intrust; commit; deliver to another's care and management: as, to delegate authority or power to a representative.Deputed; commissioned or sent to act for or represent another.n. A person appointed and sent by another or by others, with power to transact business as his or their representative; a deputy; a commissioner; an attorney.n. Specifically In the United States: A person elected or appointed to represent a Territory in Congress, as distinguished from the representatives of States.n. A person sent with representative powers to a convention, conference, or other assembly for nomination of officers, or for drafting or altering a constitution, or for the transaction of the business of the organization which such persons collectively represent.n. In Great Britain: A commissioner formerly appointed by the crown, under the great seal, to hear and determine appeals from the ecclesiastical courts.n. One of a committee chosen by the house of convocation in the University of Oxford, with power to act.n. A layman appointed to attend an ecclesiastical council.n. The lower house of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church (in full, House of Clerical and Lay Delegates).