different between depute vs ordain

English

Etymology

From French députer, from Latin deputo.

Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • IPA^(key): /d?.?pju?t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t
• Noun:
  • IPA^(key): /?d?.pju?t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t

Verb

depute (third-person singular simple present deputes, present participle deputing, simple past and past participle deputed)

1. (obsolete) to assign (someone or something) to or for something
2. to delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate
   • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 229:

     Will Wyatt having moved up a notch, the project was deputed to a second team of producers whose judgement I didn't trust.

3. to deputize (someone), appoint as deputy

   • There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
4. to appoint; to assign; to choose
   • c. 1675, Isaac Barrow, The Duty of Thanksgiving

     The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues.

Related terms

Noun

depute (plural deputes)

1. (Scotland) deputy

Anagrams

• teed up

Portuguese

Verb

depute

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of deputar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of deputar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of deputar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of deputar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?pute/, [d?e?pu.t?e]

Verb

depute

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of deputar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of deputar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of deputar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of deputar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English ordeynen, from Old French ordiner, from Latin ordinare (“to order”), from ordo (“order”). Doublet of ordinate.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???de?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???de?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: or?dain

Verb

ordain (third-person singular simple present ordains, present participle ordaining, simple past and past participle ordained)

1. To prearrange unalterably.
2. To decree.
3. (religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
4. To predestine.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• foresay

Derived terms

• ordainment
• preordain

Related terms

• order

Translations

See also

• ordination

Further reading

• ordain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ordain in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ordain at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Ardoin, Dorian, NORAID, Orinda, Rodina, donair, draino, inroad, radion, ranoid