‖n. [ Pg. ] Chamber; house; -- used in and See Legislature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. députation. See Depute. ]
The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
By deputation, or
In deputation
Say to great Cæsar this: In deputation
I kiss his conquering hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who deputes, or makes a deputation. [ R. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2. Sam. xv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some persons, deputed by a meeting. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A person deputed; a deputy. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. same as deputize.
v. t. To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to appoint as one's substitute; to depute. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
There was then [ in the days of Jehoshaphat ] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. 1 Kings xxii. 47. [ 1913 Webster ]
God's substitute,
His deputy anointed in His sight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Deputy is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff. [ 1913 Webster ]
Chamber of Deputies,