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Verb: delegate  de-lu'geyt
  1. Transfer power to someone
    - depute
     
  2. Allocate a task to a person
    - designate, depute, assign
Noun: delegate  'de-lu-gut or 'de-lu`geyt
  1. A person appointed or elected to represent others

Derived forms: delegates, delegating, delegated

See also: delegacy, delegation

Type of: appoint, charge, representative

Encyclopedia: Delegate Delegate, New South Wales

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