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deputize

verb
(British English also deputise) verb
BrE BrE//ˈdepjutaɪz//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈdepjutaɪz//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they deputize
BrE BrE//ˈdepjutaɪz//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈdepjutaɪz//
 he / she / it deputizes
BrE BrE//ˈdepjutaɪzɪz//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈdepjutaɪzɪz//
 past simple deputized
BrE BrE//ˈdepjutaɪzd//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈdepjutaɪzd//
 past participle deputized
BrE BrE//ˈdepjutaɪzd//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈdepjutaɪzd//
 -ing form deputizing
BrE BrE//ˈdepjutaɪzɪŋ//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈdepjutaɪzɪŋ//
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[intransitive] deputize (for somebody) to do something that somebody in a higher position than you would usually do Ms Green has asked me to deputize for her at the meeting.
See deputize in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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