LekhoriLekhoriTo officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office
I deputize you to act for me while I'm away.
To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office
Gringoire, on the other hand, stuck with equal firmness to the fact that he was deputizing for a brother officer who was sick — so sick that he had mislaid his orders.
From deputy + -ize.
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