Deputise

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  deputise \dep"u*tise\ (d[e^]p"[-u]*t[imac]z), v. t.
     same as {deputize}.
  
     Syn: depute, deputize.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deputise
       v 1: act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who
            suffered from a cold" [syn: {substitute}, {deputize}, {step
            in}]
       2: appoint as a substitute [syn: {depute}, {deputize}]