Depute (8)
I believe the answer is:
delegate
'depute' is the definition.
(I know that depute can be written as delegate)
This is the entire clue.
(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" .)