depute vs emissary

depute

noun
  • deputy 

verb
  • To appoint; to assign; to choose. 

  • To delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate. 

  • To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy. 

emissary

noun
  • An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. 

  • An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes. 

  • A venous channel in the skull. 

How often have the words depute and emissary occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )