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(transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.

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deputize

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdɛpjətaɪz/

Verb

transitive intransitive

(transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.

Japanese Meaning

公式に代理権を与えて、（誰かを）代理人として任命すること

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The governor plans to deputize several experienced officers to oversee the emergency response.

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知事は緊急対応を監督させるために数名の経験豊富な職員を代理に任命する予定だ。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.

Sense（2）

(transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office

I deputize you to act for me while I'm away.

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Sense（3）

(intransitive) To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office

Gringoire, on the other hand, stuck with equal firmness to the fact that he was deputizing for a brother officer who was sick — so sick that he had mislaid his orders.

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deputizes

（ present singular third-person ）

deputizing

（ participle present ）

deputized

（ participle past ）

deputized

（ past ）

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