Part 2973

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.</def>

<blockquote>The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and <b>deputation</b> under God. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; <as>as, the general sent a <ex>deputation</ex> to the enemy to propose a truce</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>By deputation</col>, or <col>In deputation</col></mcol>, <cd>by delegated authority; as substitute; through the medium of a deputy. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<blockquote>Say to great C\'91sar this: <b>In deputation</b> I kiss his conquering hand. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deputator</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep"u*ta`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who deputes, or makes a deputation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Depute</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*pute"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deputed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deputing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82puter</ets>, fr. L. <ets>deputare</ets> to esteem, consider, in LL., to destine, allot; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>putare</ets> to clean, prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See <er>Pure</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.</def>

<blockquote>There is no man <b>deputed</b> of the king to hear thee. <i>2. Sam. xv. 3.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Some persons, <b>deputed</b> by a meeting. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To appoint; to assign; to choose.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The most conspicuous places in cities are usually <b>deputed</b> for the erection of statues. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Depute</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*pute"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person deputed; a deputy.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Deputize</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep"u*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.</def>

<h1>Deputy</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep"u*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Deputies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82put\'82</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>deputatus</ets>. See <er>Depute</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One appointed as the substitue of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; <as>as, the <ex>deputy</ex> of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a <b>deputy</b> was king. <i>1 Kings xxii. 47.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>God's substitute, His <b>deputy</b> anointed in His sight. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Deputy</i> is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, <i>deputy</i> collector, <i>deputy</i> marshal, <i>deputy</i> sheriff.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A member of the Chamber of Deputies.</def> <mark>[France]</mark>

<cs><col>Chamber of Deputies</col>, <cd>one of the two branches of the French legilative assembly; -- formerly called <i>Corps L\'82gislatif<i>. Its members, called <i>deputies<i>, are elected by the people voting in districts.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Substitute; representative; legate; delegate; envoy; agent; factor.</syn>

<h1>Dequantitate</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*quan"ti*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>quantatas</ets>, <ets>-atis</ets>. See <er>Quantity</er>.]</ety> <def>To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>