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"(transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy."
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make (someone) a deputy",
"word": "ernennen"
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"sense": "to make (someone) a deputy",
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"(transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office"
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"ref": "2014, Tony Proctor, Creative Problem Solving for Managers",
"text": "What he wanted was someone who could really deputize for him when he was away on business – clearly not the job for a secretary but, because of years of experience and a willingness to take responsibility, one that the previous holder of the post had taken on.",
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},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make (someone) a deputy",
"word": "ernennen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make (someone) a deputy",
"word": "bevollmächtigen"
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"sense": "to make (someone) a deputy",
"word": "atamak"
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"sense": "to make (someone) a deputy",
"word": "tayin etmek"
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"word": "vertreten"
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