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Depute

To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

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Manner of action 17

Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bump 76% connected

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cast 76% connected

of Cast

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Delegate 76% connected

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Devolve 76% connected

To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Elevate 76% connected

Elevated; raised aloft.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mandate 76% connected

An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Promote 76% connected

To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reassign 76% connected

To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Regiment 76% connected

Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Relegate 76% connected

To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Task 76% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Transfer 76% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 5

Appoint 76% connected

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Delegate 76% connected

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Designate 76% connected

Designated; appointed; chosen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Delegacy 74% connected

The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Delegacy 74% connected

The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Assign 92% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Delegate 92% connected

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deputize 92% connected

To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Designate 92% connected

Designated; appointed; chosen.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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