Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Depute

Depute , transitive verb

[French députer, from Latin deputare to esteem, consider, in Late Latin, to destine, allot; de- + putare to clean, prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Pure.]

1.
To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.
There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. — 2. Sam. xv. 3
Some persons, deputed by a meeting. — Macaulay
2.
To appoint; to assign; to choose. [Rare]
The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. — Barrow

Depute , noun

A person deputed; a deputy. [Scottish]