Wiktionary
deputized
vb. (en-past of: deputize)
Usage examples of "deputized".
The sheriff would not deputize Mister Watson, so Mister Watson deputized himself.
He also deputized a fellow Dominican with expertise in mathematics to scrutinize the text and report back to him.
Galileo expected his housekeeper and servant boy, La Piera and Giuseppe, to tend their chores as usual, and he deputized Suor Maria Celeste to assume executive control, from inside the convent, of all his personal and household affairs.