'deputize' definitions:
Definition of 'deputize'
From: WordNet
verb
Act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold" [syn: substitute, deputize, deputise, step in]
verb
Definition of 'deputize'
From: GCIDE
- deputize \dep"u*tize\ (d[e^]p"[-u]*t[imac]z), v. t. To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to appoint as one's substitute; to depute. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deputize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accredit,
- act for,
- answer for,
- appear for,
- arm,
- assign,
- authorize,
- back up,
- charge,
- charter,
- clothe,
- clothe with power,
- commission,
- commit,
- consign,
- delegate,
- depute,
- designate an agent,
- detach,
- detail,
- devolute,
- devolve,
- devolve upon,
- empower,
- enable,
- endow,
- endue,
- entrust,
- front for,
- give in charge,
- invest,
- license,
- mission,
- pinch-hit for,
- post,
- represent,
- send out,
- speak for,
- stand in for,
- substitute for,
- transfer,
- understudy,
- warrant