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Deputize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To appoint or serve as a deputy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make (someone) a deputy; to officially empower.

v. To make or name as a substitute.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to appoint as one's substitute; to depute.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To appoint as deputy; empower to act for another, as a sheriff; depute.

To act as a deputy.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. appoint as a substitute

v. act as a substitute

Word Usage

"Matt Rothschild's astonishing expose of the FBI's decision to "deputize" 23,000 representatives of private industry reflects a frightening alignment of authoritarian forces, as well as another apparently deliberate flouting of constitutional norms."

Verb Form

deputized deputizes deputizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

charge appoint

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

depute