delegat

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delegated p. pr. & vb. n. Delegating ] 1. To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The delegated administration of the law. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delegated executive power. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

The power exercised by the legislature is the people's power, delegated by the people to the legislative. J. B. Finch. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. delegatus, p. p. ] Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge. “Delegate power.” Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act or process of authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.
Syn. -- delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. delegatio: cf. F. délégation. ] 1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Rom. Law) A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him. Pothier. [ 1913 Webster ]