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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. act as a substitute;
- Example: "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"
[syn: substitute, deputize, deputise, step in]

2. appoint as a substitute;
[syn: depute, deputize, deputise]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

deputise \dep"u*tise\ (d[e^]p"[-u]*t[imac]z), v. t.
   same as deputize.

   Syn: depute, deputize.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deputise
    v 1: act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who
         suffered from a cold" [syn: substitute, deputize,
         deputise, step in]
    2: appoint as a substitute [syn: depute, deputize,
       deputise]