“DEPUTE” на російській мові

The commissioner said he would ask the government to depute an officer to guide the horticulture department.

"I shall depute the task to a worthy fellow named Willis, in whom I shall have every confidence."

I begged him to publish his discovery, but he preferred to depute the task to me.

So a simple mode to acquire around this is to depute the task to somebody who is skilled in it.

Did the master's mate further depute the job to a young seaman whom he knew to be literate?