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third-person singular simple present deputises, present participle deputising, simple past and past participle deputised
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize. quotations examples
The 13 light Pacifics, which are able to deputise for "Merchant Navy" engines when necessary, work trains to Waterloo, Weymouth and Oxford, and have one turn over the S. & D. route to Bath with the "Pines Express" in each direction.
1960 April, B. Perren, “Resorts for Railfans - 30: Bournemouth”, in Trains Illustrated, page 241