deputize

动词 v.
/ˈdɛpjətaɪz/    /ˈdɛpjutaɪz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy. transitive
  2. to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office transitive
    — I deputize you to act for me while I'm away.
  3. To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office intransitive
    — Gringoire, on the other hand, stuck with equal firmness to the fact that he was deputizing for a brother officer who was sick — so sick that he had mislaid his orders.

词形变化

deputizes present,singular,third-person deputizing participle,present deputized participle,past deputized past deputise alternative

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree
English deputy
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English deputize
From deputy + -ize.
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