1. delegate - Noun
2. delegate - Adjective
3. delegate - Verb
Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.
One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution.
Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.
To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.
Source: Webster's dictionaryYou can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility. Byron Dorgan
So I delegate a lot and I make my family come first, my husband and our kids. Kelly Preston
The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves. John Locke
When in charge, ponder. When in trouble, delegate. When in doubt, mumble. American Proverb
God is everywhere, except where he has a delegate. German Proverb
He who visits you personally is better than another who sends a delegate. African Proverb