Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Depute

(2 syl.). To depute means to prune or cut off a part; deputation is the part cut off. A deputation is a slip cut off to represent the whole. (Latin, deputo.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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