depute
verb
• appoint or instruct (someone) to perform a task for which one is responsible.
• "she was deputed to look after him while Clare was away"
Similar:
appoint,
designate,
nominate,
assign,
commission,
charge,
choose,
select,
elect,
co-opt,
empower,
authorize,
mandate,
detail,
depute
noun
• a person appointed to act in an official capacity or as a representative of another official.
• "a depute chairman"
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin deputare ‘consider to be, assign’, from de- ‘away’ + putare ‘consider’.
