Definition of delegate

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Delegate (n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution..

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Delegate :: Delegate (v. t.) To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.
Depute :: Depute (v. t.) To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.
Vicarial :: Vicarial (a.) Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power..
Deputation :: Deputation (n.) The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency..
Democracy :: Democracy (n.) Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic..
Mission :: Mission (n.) The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission..
Delegate :: Delegate (v. t.) To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
Delegate :: Delegate (a.) Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge..
Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.
Vicarious :: Vicarious (prep.) Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority..
Vicariate :: Vicariate (n.) Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.
Delegacy :: Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.
Delegate :: Delegate (n.) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting..
Convention :: Convention (v. i.) A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical..
Delegacy :: Delegacy (a.) The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power..
Vicariate :: Vicariate (a.) Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious..
Secondary :: Secondary (n.) One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London..
Surrogate :: Surrogate (n.) A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
Vicegerent :: Vicegerent (a.) Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another..
Delegate :: Delegate (n.) Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
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