▪ I. depute, ppl. a. and n. Now only Sc.
(ˈdɛpjuːt)
Also 5–6 deputte, 6–7 deput; see also debite.
[Found as pa. pple. before the appearance of any other part of depute v.; app. repr. OF. depute (mod.F. député) pa. pple., the final e having become mute, as in assign, avowe, etc. After the verb came into use, depute, deput, continued to be used as its pa. pple., and even as its pa. tense (esp. in Sc., where perhaps it was viewed as short for deputit, deputed). Only Sc. since the 17th c.]
† A. as pa. pple. Deputed; imputed, ascribed; appointed, assigned: see depute v.
| 1382 Wyclif Rom. Prol. 299 The apostil..shewith..al..to be depute to the grace of God. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xxii. (1859) 24 Grace, quene and heuenly pryncesse. As depute by the souerayne kyng eterne. c 1440 Gesta Rom. liv. 235 (Harl. MS) Thei..hadde I-putte sheldes in a certeyne place deputte þerefor. 1513 Douglas æneis vi. ix. 180 Quhat sort of pane is deput ay For ilk trespas. 1623 Camden in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 126 Some such as were deput for mee in this yeeres Visitation. |
B. n. One deputed; = deputy. (Now only Sc.)
| 1405, 1490 [see deputy 1 b, 2]. 1530 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford 72 The seyd Chaunseler, hys Deputt's, and Scolers. 1563–7 Buchanan Reform. St. Andros Wks. (1892) 15 The conservatour or hys deput being present. a 1605 Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxviii. 1 Melancholie, grit deput of Dispair. 1821 J. Baillie Metr. Leg., Lord John xxiv, 'Twas no depute's task your guest to ask. 1868 Act 31–2 Vict. c. 101 §36 Such decree shall be recorded by the director of Chancery, or his depute. |
C. In comb. (Sc.)
| 1640–1 Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 56 Ressaivit by the Commissar depute, the rentalles of the pretendit bischopes' rentes. 1681 Act Secur. Peace of Kingd. (Scotl.) in Lond. Gaz. No. 1648/4 To nominate Sheriff-Deputs, Justices of Peace, or other Commissioners. 1753 Stewart's Trial App. 4 Mr. Archibald Campbell of Stonefield, sheriff-depute of the shire of Argyll. 1869 Pall Mall G. 6 July 5 The Lord Advocate..the Solicitor-General..Subordinate to these are four advocate-deputes. |
▪ II. depute, v.
(dɪˈpjuːt)
[a. F. députer (1328 in Hatzf.), ad. L. dēputāre to consider as, destine, allot, f. de- I. 2 b + putāre to think, count, consider, etc.]
† 1. trans. To appoint, assign, ordain (a person or thing) to or for a particular office, purpose, or function. Obs.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. vi. 361 And als he depute hys Counsale The erle of Fyfe mast specyale. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 89 b/1 Thys chylde was taken prysoner and deputed to serue the kynge. 1489 ― Faytes of A. iv. xv. 274 The sygne of the Egle is deputed for the dygnyte Imperyal. 1513–4 Act 5 Hen. VIII, c. 1 Pream., The Kyng..hath deputed and ordeyned in the seid Citie..divers officers and ministres. a 1533 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) I ij, He deputed two howres for the matters of Asie. 1631 Gouge God's Arrows iii. Ep. Ded. 4 Faithful..in deputing to the Lords service men fit for their function. 1683 Brit. Spec. 129 Westminster..was..from its first foundation deputed for the burial of our Kings. |
† 2. To assign, impute, ascribe, attribute. Obs.
| 1382 [see depute ppl. a.]. 1485 Caxton St. Wenefr. 10 They myght depute it to the pryde of her. a 1592 H. Smith Serm. Phil. i. 23 The Apostle..doth depute their strange diseases and sudden death to none other cause. |
† 3. To consign, deliver over. Obs.
| a 1440 Found. St. Bartholomew's 44 Lette nat me be deputid to euerlastyng flammys. 1480 Caxton Ovid's Met. xi. xix, But some..seased tymbre & boordes which were broken of the shipp, whyche the flodes deputed at theyre playsire. 1483 ― Gold. Leg. 264/1 This blessid saint..was deputed unto an hard and strayte pryson. |
4. To assign (a charge); now, spec. to commit, give in charge (authority, etc.) to a deputy or substitute.
| 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 35 Pream., The Kyngis Grace..deputed to hym than and sithen offices of charge. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 28 b, Spirituall talentes, whiche our lorde hath deputed to our credence. 1727 De Foe Hist. Appar. vi. (1840) 59 The Devil may depute such and such powers and privileges to his confederates. 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley i. iv. 73 She could not depute it to anybody to judge when was the right time. |
5. spec. To appoint (a person) as one's substitute, delegate, or agent; to ordain to act on one's behalf.
| [1494 Fabyan Chron. iv. lxiii. 42 Caraucius..was by the Senate of Rome deputed for a Substitute or a Ruler vnder the Romaynes. 1530 Palsgr. 513/1, I muste nedes departe, but I wyll depute some bodye in my romme. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 35 The Justice and Justices..shall make assigne depute and appoincte as many deputie or deputies..as..shalbe thought convenient.] 1552 Huloet, Depute..surrogo, delego. 1604 Shakes. Oth. iv. ii. 226 To depute Cassio in Othellos place. 1687 in Magd. Coll. & Jas. II, lxviii, The vice President and others Fellows..being deputed by the rest of the Fellows of the said College, to answer. 1709 Steele Tatler No. 55 ¶5 The Deputies of the Six Cantons who are deputed to determine the Affair of Tockenburg. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike iv. 54 Allen, Clack, and Gibson were deputed to wait on the masters. 1874 Green Short Hist. iv. §2. 172 They were elected..by a few of the principal burghers deputed for the purpose. |
† b. absol. To send a deputation. Obs. rare.
| 1768 Woman of Honor II. 94 Soon after, a borough deputed to him, with an entreaty to do it the honor of representing it. |
† 6. (See quot., and cf. deputation 3.) Obs.
| 1832 in Pall Mall G. 13 Aug. (1889) 3/2 There lies before me a copy of an old local newspaper of August, 1832, which contains numerous ‘Notices to Sportsmen’ that the game on such and such a manor is now reserved or ‘deputed’. |
Hence deˈputed ppl. a., deˈputing vbl. n.; also deˈputer, one that deputes.
| 1548 Gest Pr. Masse I j, There is no sacrament which hath not..bothe hys deputed element, word, and commandement. 1603 Shakes. Meas. for M. ii. ii. 60 Not the Kings Crowne; nor the deputed Sword, The Marshalls Truncheon, nor the Iudges Robe. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 369 No deputation depriveth the Deputer of his right. 1651 G. W. tr. Cowel's Inst. 41 Wee have sometimes Tutores Dativi, or deputed Guardians amongst us. 1742 Young Nt. Th. ix. 228 Already is begun the grand assize..Deputed conscience scales The dread tribunal. 1795 Fate of Sedley II. 70 Suetonius Paulinus, the deputed Commander of Nero. |