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delegate

noun
  1. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy

  2. A representative at a conference, etc.

  3. An appointed representative in some legislative bodies

verb
  1. To authorize someone to be a delegate

  2. To commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate

  3. (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own

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