deputise

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A form of deputize — To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.

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Meanings

verbdeputise (third-person singular simple present deputises, present participle deputising, simple past and past participle deputised)

present singular third person deputises · participle present deputising · participle past deputised · past deputised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize.

    […]Ollie Watkins making the most of his chance to deputise for injured captain Harry Kane by doubling England's lead from close range eight minutes later.

    2025 September 9, Phil McNulty, “England 3-0 Wales”, in BBC
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    The 13 light Pacifics, which are able to deputise for "Merchant Navy" engines when necessary, work trains to Waterloo, Weymouth and Oxford, and have one turn over the S. & D. route to Bath with the "Pines Express" in each direction.

    1960 April, B. Perren, “Resorts for Railfans - 30: Bournemouth”, in Trains Illustrated, page 241

Synonyms & antonyms

verbact as a substitute

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substitutedeputizestep in
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supplantreplacesupersede

verbappoint as a substitute

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deputedeputize
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appointcharge
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deputedeputizestep insubstitute

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

deputise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deputise

MLA

“deputise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deputise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deputise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deputise.

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