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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for delegate:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

delegate
    n 1: a person appointed or elected to represent others
    v 1: transfer power to someone [syn: delegate, depute]
    2: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task
       to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute,
       assign]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Delegate \Del"e*gate\, a. [L. delegatus, p. p.]
   Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate
   judge. "Delegate power." --Strype.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Delegate \Del"e*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delegated; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Delegating.]
   1. To send as one's representative; to empower as an
      ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to
      commission; to depute; to authorize.
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   2. To intrust to the care or management of another; to
      transfer; to assign; to commit.
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            The delegated administration of the law. --Locke.
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            Delegated executive power.            --Bancroft.
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            The power exercised by the legislature is the
            people's power, delegated by the people to the
            legislative.                          --J. B. Finch.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Delegate \Del"e*gate\, n. [L. delegatus, p. p. of delegare to
   send, delegate; de- + legare to send with a commission, to
   depute. See Legate.]
   1. Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed
      to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a
      commissioner; a vicar.
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   2.
      (a) One elected by the people of a territory to represent
          them in Congress, where he has the right of debating,
          but not of voting.
      (b) One sent by any constituency to act as its
          representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a
          convention for nominating officers, or for forming or
          altering a constitution. [U.S.]
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   Court of delegates, formerly, the great court of appeal
      from the archbishops' courts and also from the court of
      admiralty. It is now abolished, and the privy council is
      the immediate court of appeal in such cases. [Eng.]
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