deputable

English

Etymology

From depute +‎ -able.

Adjective

deputable (comparative more deputable, superlative most deputable)

1. (archaic) Fit to be deputed or to act as a deputy.
   • 1841, Thomas Carlyle, Baillee The Covenanter:

     [A]ll these fitted Baillie to be a leader in General Assemblies and conclaves, a man deputable to the London Parliament and elsewhither.

References

• “deputable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.