part of speech: noun

One sent to represent, and act for, others; as, the delegates to a convention; representative.

part of speech: verb

To send as an agent with authority to act; intrust; commit; as, the people delegate power to Congress.

part of speech: verb

To send as a legate or representative: to intrust or commit to.

part of speech: noun

One who is delegated: a deputy or representative.

part of speech: adjective

Delegated, deputed.

part of speech: noun

A deputy; representative.

part of speech: verb

To send as representative; intrust; commit.

part of speech: adjective

Sent to act for or represent another.

part of speech: noun

A person appointed and sent by another with powers to act in his stead; a representative; a deputy; a deputy from a state in Congress.

part of speech: verb

To send with power to act as a representative; to entrust; to commit.

part of speech: noun

One sent as a representative; a deputy; a commissioner.

part of speech: verb

To send with power to transact business; to intrust; to commit to another's care.

He tells us, Congress were sensible that the late Convention exercised a power which no authority could delegate to them. "Essays on the Constitution of the United States", Paul Leicester Ford.

May I request, gentlemen, that you send a delegate to the committee which will wait upon the Governor to- morrow to intercede for the starving man? "Cardigan", Robert W. Chambers.

Represented West Northumberland in the Assembly, 1861- 1867; solicitor- general for Upper Canada, 1864- 1867. A delegate to the Quebec Conference. "The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History", Various.

This was the conduct of the volunteer delegate from Bath, although he had received written instructions, from the committee of Reformers of that city, to support Universal Suffrage. "Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. Volume 3", Henry Hunt.