Usually means: Granting authority to act temporarily.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word deputizing:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. deputizing: Merriam-Webster
  2. deputizing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. deputizing: Vocabulary.com
  4. deputizing: Wordnik
  5. deputizing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. deputizing: Wiktionary
  7. deputizing: Dictionary.com
  8. deputizing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. deputizing: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. deputizing: Legal dictionary

(Note: See deputize as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (deputize)

verb:  (transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
verb:  (transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office
verb:  (intransitive) To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office
▸ Also see deputize


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