depute
/dɪˈpjut/
verb
- To appoint or send someone as a representative or deputy to act on one's behalf.
- The manager deputed her assistant to attend the meeting in her place.
- The king deputed a trusted knight to negotiate the treaty.
- I will depute you to handle the customer complaints while I am away.
- To assign a task or responsibility to someone else.
- He often deputes difficult jobs to his most capable employees.
- The teacher deputed the grading of homework to a teaching assistant.
- She deputed the organization of the event to her team.