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Delegate
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
(2):
(n.) Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
(3):
(n.) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.
(4):
(n.) 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.
(5):
(a.) Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.
(6):
(v. t.) To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Delegate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/delegate.html. 1828.
