deputable

Fit to be deputed or to act as a deputy.

Adjective

  1. Fit to be deputed or to act as a deputy.
    • [A]ll these fitted Baillie to be a leader in General Assemblies and conclaves, a man deputable to the London Parliament and elsewhither. - 1841, Thomas Carlyle, Baillee The Covenanter:

Origin

From depute + -able.

Forms

more deputable most deputable