to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office
To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office
To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
To become more successful (than someone or something else).
To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.
To appropriate something without permission.
To buy out the ownership of a business.
To relieve someone temporarily.
To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.