Depute (8)
I believe the answer is:
delegate
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">depute</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that depute can be written as delegate)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for delegate that I've seen before include "Entrust responsibility to an agent" , "give job to someone else - with 22d" , "Assign responsibility to - representative" , "Mandate" , "Pass down for action" .)