deputise

deputise (third-person singular simple present deputises, present participle deputising, simple past and past participle deputised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize.
   • 1960 April, B. Perren, “Resorts for Railfans - 30: Bournemouth”, in Trains Illustrated, page 241:

     The 13 light Pacifics, which are able to deputise for "Merchant Navy" engines when necessary, work trains to Waterloo, Weymouth and Oxford, and have one turn over the S. & D. route to Bath with the "Pines Express" in each direction.

• “deputise”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• deputies