Associations to the word «Deputise»

Wiktionary

DEPUTISE, verb. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of deputize.

Dictionary definition

DEPUTISE, verb. Act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold".
DEPUTISE, verb. Appoint as a substitute.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats