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Definition of Deputise

1. Verb. Act as a substitute. "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

Definition of Deputise

1. Verb. (British) (alternative spelling of deputize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deputise

1. deputize [v DEPUTISED, DEPUTISING, DEPUTISES] - See also: deputize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deputise

Literary usage of Deputise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Political History of the State of New York by De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1906)
"... it was doubtful if a deputy sheriff could deputise a deputy, while the vote of Clinton should be canvassed because a sheriff may deputise by parol. ..."

2. The New-York Legal Observer by Samuel Owen (1852)
"I On the return day the defendant's counsel objected that the Justice had no right to deputise any person to serve process, and that the process was not ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by West Hughes Humphreys (1850)
"The presiding Judge charged the jury that a justice of the peace had no authority to deputise any private person to execute a precept, ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"to deputise the sheriff, constable, or other officer, as aforesaid, of the county where the office of the insurance commissioner may be located, ..."

5. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"(BISHOPS'). The Bible. Lond. by Chr. Barker, 1584. folio and 4to. — (BISHOPS'). The Bible. Lond. by the deputise of Chr. Barker, 1588. folio. t ni» edition. ..."

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