DEPUTE
De*pute", n.
Defn: A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.]
DEPUTIZE
Dep"u*tize, v. t.
Defn: To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.
DEPUTY
Dep"u*ty, n.; pl. Deputies. Etym: [F. député, fr. LL. deputatus. See
Depute.]
1. One appointed as the substitue of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc. There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. 1 Kings xxii. 47. God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight. Shak.
Note: Deputy is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff.
2. A member of the Chamber of Deputies. [France] Chamber of Deputies, one of the two branches of the French legilative assembly; — formerly called Corps Législatif. Its members, called deputies, are elected by the people voting in districts.
Syn. — Substitute; representative; legate; delegate; envoy; agent; factor.
DEQUANTITATE
De*quan"ti*tate, v. t. Etym: [L. de- + quantatas, -atis. See
Quantity.]