Usually means: Appoint as substitute or representative.
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  1. deputise: Collins English Dictionary
  2. deputise: Vocabulary.com
  3. deputise: Wordnik
  4. deputise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. deputise: Wiktionary
  6. deputise: Dictionary.com
  7. deputise: Rhymezone
  8. deputise: FreeDictionary.org
  9. deputise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. deputise: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. deputise: Legal dictionary

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  1. deputise: Encyclopedia

(Note: See deputises as well.)

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verb:  Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize. [(transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.]

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