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单词 deputize
释义 dep·u·tize
\ˈdepyəˌtīz also ÷ -pə-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: deputy + -ize
transitive verb
1. : to appoint as deputy : make into a deputy especially by an official swearing in
2. : to entrust to a deputy
 < friends would like to see him deputize part of his mountainous work to lieutenants — Li Shu-Fan >
intransitive verb
1. : to act as deputy
 < a dearth of princes who could deputize for the sovereign — Times Literary Supplement >
2. : to act or function as a substitute in another's place
 < if photography was ever allowed to deputize for art … in the end it would either supplant or completely corrupt art — Douglas Cooper >
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