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Grammar : Verb
Spell : noun del-i-git, -geyt; verb del-i-geyt
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈdɛl ɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt; verb ˈdɛl ɪˌgeɪt

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Origin :
  • late 15c., from Old French delegat or directly from Latin delegatus, past participle of delegare "to send as a representative," from de- "from, away" (see de-) + legare "send with a commission" (see legate).
  • verb give authority; empower
  • verb assign responsibility
Example sentences :
  • Captain Moonlight was exercising and delegating his sovereignty.
  • Extract from : « Lord Randolph Churchill » by Winston Spencer Churchill
  • He could not think of delegating that important function to any one else.
  • Extract from : « Woodcraft » by Alan Douglas
  • Directors also have wide discretion in delegating their authority.
  • Extract from : « Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman » by Albert Sidney Bolles
  • But consider—you need not be afraid of delegating power to me.
  • Extract from : « Emma » by Jane Austen
  • Well, that was one of the privileges of authority: delegating fault.
  • Extract from : « Warlord of Kor » by Terry Gene Carr
  • In these and a few other States the people make their own local laws instead of delegating this power to representatives.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Civil Government » by Alexander L. Peterman
  • Why do not the people of the United States make their laws in person, instead of delegating this power to Congress?
  • Extract from : « Elements of Civil Government » by Alexander L. Peterman
  • And since then he had remained consistently in the background, delegating his authority to Miss Craven.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of the East » by E. M. Hull
  • The early British mother always nursed her children herself, nor would she have thought of delegating this duty to another.
  • Extract from : « Women of England, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Burleigh James Bartlett
  • There is a movement in favour of educating the priests, and delegating some of the above powers to them.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

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