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delegate (noun, verb):
noun
: a person acting for another such as a representative to a convention or conference
verb
1: to entrust to another
2: to appoint as one’s representative
3: to assign responsibility or authority
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology :To delegate is, literally or figuratively, to send another in one’s place, an idea that is reflected in the word’s origin: it is a descendant of the Latin word legare, meaning “to send.” The noun delegate, which refers to a person who is chosen or elected to vote or act for others, arrived in English in the 14th century, while the verb didn’t make its entrée till the early 16th century. Some distant cousins of the word delegate that also trace back to legare include legacy, colleague, relegate, and legate, “an official representative sent to a foreign country.”
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