depute

verb

1. (obsolete)To assign (someone or something) to or for something.
2. To delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate.

   “Will Wyatt having moved up a notch, the project was deputed to a second team of producers whose judgement I didn't trust.”

3. To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.

   “There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.”

   “Some persons, deputed by a meeting.”

   “Viewing the forces arrayed against him at the G20, President Vladimir Putin deputed Lavrov to attend the two-day event in his stead, and for a brief moment it appeared to have been too much.”

4. To appoint; to assign; to choose.

   “The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues.”

noun

1. (Scotland)A deputy.

   “[…] discharging hereby the said sheriff and his deputes […]”