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Verb: delegate  delu'geyt
  1. Transfer power to someone
    - depute
     
  2. Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
    - designate, depute, assign
Noun: delegate  'delugut or 'delu`geyt
  1. A person appointed or elected to represent others

Derived forms: delegates, delegated, delegating

See also: delegacy, delegation

Type of: appoint, charge, representative

Encyclopedia: Delegate Delegate, New South Wales