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Deputize   /dˈɛpjətˌaɪz/   Listen
Deputize

verb
1.
Act as a substitute.  Synonyms: deputise, step in, substitute.
2.
Appoint as a substitute.  Synonyms: depute, deputise.






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"Deputize" Quotes from Famous Books



... looked around with a new idea. He bent his eyes on Bob: "Better get Brush to deputize you to ...
— The Mountain Divide • Frank H. Spearman

... "I deputize you to act as guard during the day over the remains of Orlando Camp. You are to see to it that no one trespasses within fifty feet of it without an order from me,—or the Governor of ...
— Anderson Crow, Detective • George Barr McCutcheon

... 'Anchorage'. Cyril declines escorting the party, because he finds it painful to meet you now, and he wishes particularly that you should show your own department. I shall not be able to climb to the third story, while my ankles are so swollen, so I must deputize you to do the honors on your floor. Hold yourself in readiness, if I should send for you, and do not forget to give the Bishop a package of the new prospectus of the art school. That basket of orchids must be delivered before five o'clock. Sister ...
— At the Mercy of Tiberius • August Evans Wilson

... realize that there's anything doing. They count the whole country on their side, but they're mistaken. They've outdone themselves this time, and a tremendous reaction has set in. Everybody knows you've held an even hand over these warring Picts and Scots, and the court will be glad to deputize you to bring them to justice. The old sheriff is paralyzed. Everybody knows that the assassins are prominent cattle-ranchers, and yet no one dares move. It's up to you fellows, who represent law and order, ...
— Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger - A Romance of the Mountain West • Hamlin Garland

... whole country on their side, but they're mistaken. They've outdone themselves this time, and a tremendous reaction has set in. Everybody knows you've held an even hand over these warring Picts and Scots, and the court will be glad to deputize you to bring them to justice. The old sheriff is paralyzed. Everybody knows that the assassins are prominent cattle-ranchers, and yet no one dares move. It's up to you fellows, who represent law and order, ...
— Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger - A Romance of the Mountain West • Hamlin Garland



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