deputize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb act as a substitute
    step in; substitute; deputise.
    • She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold
  2. verb appoint as a substitute
    depute; deputise.

WordNet


Dep"u*tize transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.

Webster 1913