Deputise

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "The 13 light Pacifics, which are able to deputise for "Merchant Navy" engines when necessary, work trains to Waterloo, Weymouth and Oxford, and have one turn over the S. & D. route to Bath with the "Pines Express" in each direction."

  2. 2
    appoint as a substitute wordnet
  3. 3
    act as a substitute wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
deputedeputedeputizestep insubstitutesubstitute

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"The 13 light Pacifics, which are able to deputise for "Merchant Navy" engines when necessary, work trains to Waterloo, Weymouth and Oxford, and have one turn over the S. & D. route to Bath with the "Pines Express" in each direction."

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