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Deputation :: Deputation (n.) The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency..

Delegated :: Delegated (imp. & p. p.) of Delegat.

-ate :: -ate () As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate..

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.

Vicarial :: Vicarial (a.) Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power..

Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns..

Deputy :: Deputy (n.) One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc..

Vicegerent :: Vicegerent (a.) Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another..

Credential :: Credential (n.) Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate..

Depute :: Depute (v. t.) To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

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..

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 (v. t.) To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.

Resumption :: Resumption (n.) The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc..

Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands..

Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor..

Subdelegate :: Subdelegate (n.) A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers..

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..

Delegacy :: Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.

Vicariate :: Vicariate (a.) Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious..

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