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2. A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
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All the vessels, then, which our delicates have, -- those I mean that would seem to be more fine in their houses than their neighbors, -- are only of the Corinth metal. Holland.
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Delicately (dĕlĭk�tl�), adv. In a delicate manner.
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Delicateness, n. The quality of being delicate.
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Delicatessen (?), n. pl. [G., fr. F. délicatesse.] 1. Relishes for the table; dainties; delicacies. “A dealer in delicatessen”. G. H. Putnam.
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2. ready-to-eat foods, such as cold cuts, cooked meats, and prepared salads.
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3. sing.; pl. delicatessens. a store or section of a store where delicatessen{2} is sold. “Get a sandwich for lunch at the delicatessen counter.”
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Delices (?), n. pl. [F. délices, fr. L. deliciae.] Delicacies; delights. [Obs.] “Dainty delices.” Spenser.
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Deliciate (?), v. t. To delight one's self; to indulge in feasting; to revel. [Obs.]
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Delicious (?), a. [OF. delicieus, F. délicieux, L. deliciosus, fr. deliciae delight, fr. delicere to allure. See .] 1. Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.
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Some delicious landscape. Coleridge.
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One draught of spring's delicious air. Keble.
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Were not his words delicious? Tennyson.
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2. Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate. [Obs.]
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Others, lastly, of a more delicious and airy spirit, retire themselves to the enjoyments of ease and luxury. Milton.

Syn. -- , . Delicious refers to the pleasure derived from certain of the senses, particularly the taste and smell; as, delicious food; a delicious fragrance. Delightful may also refer to most of the senses (as, delightful music; a delightful prospect; delightful sensations), but has a higher application to matters of taste, feeling, and sentiment; as, a delightful abode, conversation, employment; delightful scenes, etc.
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Like the rich fruit he sings, delicious in decay. Smith.
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No spring, nor summer, on the mountain seen,
Smiles with gay fruits or with delightful green. Addison.
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Deliciously, adv. Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained.
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Deliciousness, n. 1. The quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast.
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2. Luxury. “To drive away all superfluity and deliciousness.” Sir T. North.
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Delict (?), n. [L. delictum fault.] (Law) An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor.
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Every regulation of the civil code necessarily implies a delict in the event of its violation. Jeffrey.
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Deligate (?), v. t. [L. deligatus, p. p. of deligare to bind up; de- + ligare to bind.] (Surg.) To bind up; to bandage.
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Deligation (?), n. [Cf. F. déligation.] (Surg.) A binding up; a bandaging. Wiseman.
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Delight (?), n. [OE. delit, OF. delit, deleit, fr. delitier, to delight. See , v. t.] 1. A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
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Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Shak.
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A fool hath no delight in understanding. Prov. xviii. 2.
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2. That which gives great pleasure or delight.
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Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight. Milton.
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3. Licentious pleasure; lust. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Delight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Delighting.] [OE. deliten, OF. delitier, deleitier, F. délecter, fr. L. delectare to entice away, to delight (sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere to allure, delight; de- + lacere to entice, allure; cf. laqueus a snare. Cf. , , , , , .] To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.
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Inventions to delight the taste. Shak.
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Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds. Tennyson.
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Delight, v. i. To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.
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Love delights in praises. Shak.
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I delight to do thy will, O my God. Ps. xl. 8.
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Delightable (?), a. [See .] Capable of delighting; delightful. [Obs.]
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Many a spice delightable. Rom. of R.
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Delighted, a. Endowed with delight.
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If virtue no delighted beauty lack. Shak.

Syn. -- Glad; pleased; gratified. See .
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Delightedly, adv. With delight; gladly.
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Delighter (?), n. One who gives or takes delight.
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Delightful (?), a. Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction. “Delightful bowers.” Spenser. “Delightful fruit.” Milton.

Syn. -- Delicious; charming. See .

-- Delightfully, adv. -- Delightfulness, n.
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Delighting, a. Giving delight; gladdening. -- Delightingly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
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Delightless, a. Void of delight. Thomson.
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Delightous (?) a. [OF. delitos.] Delightful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
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Delightsome (?), a. Very pleasing; delightful. “Delightsome vigor.” Grew.
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Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord. Mal. iii. 12.

-- Delightsomely, adv. -- Delightsomeness, n.
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Delignate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delignated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Delignating.] [Pref. de- + L. lignum wood.] 1. To clear or strip of wood (by cutting down trees). [R.] Fuller.
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2. To strip or remove the wood from; as, to delignate ramie, in the preparation of ribbons of the fiber for further working.
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Delilah (?), n. The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress.
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Other Delilahs on a smaller scale Burns met with during his Dumfries sojourn. J. C. Shairp.
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Delimit (?), v. t. [L. delimitare: cf. F. délimiter.] To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.
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delimitate v. 1. to determine the essential quality of.
Syn. -- specify, define, delineate, delimit.
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2. to set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something.
Syn. -- demarcate, delimit.
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Delimitation (?), n. [L. delimitatio: cf. F. délimitation.] The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation. Gladstone.
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deline (d�līn), v. t. 1. To delineate. [Obs.]
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2. To mark out. [Obs.] R. North.
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Delineable (?), a. Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated. Feltham.
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Delineament (?), n. [See .] Delineation; sketch. Dr. H. More.
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Delineate (?), a. [L. delineatus, p. p. of delineare to delineate; de- + lineare to draw, fr. linea line. See .] Delineated; portrayed. [R.]
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Delineate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delineated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delineating.] 1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See .
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Adventurous to delineate nature's form. Akenside.
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2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
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Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. Walpole.
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delineated adj. 1. represented accurately or precisely. [Narrower terms: diagrammatic, diagrammatical; drawn; painted]
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2. described in words with sharpness and detail or with vivid imagery. Opposite of undelineated.
Syn. -- represented, delineate.
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Delineation (?), n. [L. delineatio: cf. F. délinéation.] 1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively.
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2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.
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Their softest delineations of female beauty. W. Irving.

Syn. -- Sketch; portrait; outline. See .
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Delineator (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher.
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2. (Surv.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.
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Delineatory (?), a. That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.
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Delineature (?; 135), n. Delineation. [Obs.]
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Delinition (?), n. [L. delinere to smear. See .] A smearing. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Delinquency (?), n.; pl. Delinquencies (#). [L. delinquentia, fr. delinquens.] Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime.
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The delinquencies of the little commonwealth would be represented in the most glaring colors. Motley.
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Delinquent (?) a. [L. delinquens, -entis, p. pr. of delinquere to fail, be wanting in one's duty, do wrong; de- + linquere to leave. See , n.] Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
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Delinquent, n. One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
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A delinquent ought to be cited in the place or jurisdiction where the delinquency was committed. Ayliffe.
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Delinquently, adv. So as to fail in duty.
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Deliquate (?), v. i. [L. deliquatus, p. p. of deliquare to clear off, de- + liquare to make liquid, melt, dissolve.] To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce. [Obs.] Boyle.
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Deliquate, v. t. To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste. [Obs.]
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Dilapidating, or rather deliquating, his bishopric. Fuller.
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Deliquation (?), n. A melting. [Obs.]
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Deliquesce (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deliquesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deliquescing.] [L. deliquescere to melt, dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere to be fluid. See .] (Chem.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.

In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce. Black.
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Deliquescence (?), n. [Cf. F. déliquescence.] The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.
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Deliquescent (?), a. [L. deliquescens, -entis, p. pr. of deliquescere: cf. F. déliquescent.] 1. Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.
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2. (Bot.) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees. Gray.
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Deliquiate (?), v. i. [L. deliquia a flowing off, a gutter, deliquium a flowing down, fr. deliquare. See .] To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce. Fourcroy.
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Deliquiation (?), n. The act of deliquiating.
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Deliquium (?), n. [L. See .] 1. (Chem.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium. [R.]
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2. A sinking away; a swooning. [Obs.] Bacon.
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3. A melting or maudlin mood. Carlyle.
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Deliracy (?), n. [See .] Delirium. [Obs.]
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Delirament (?), n. [L. deliramentum, fr. delirare. See .] A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy. [Obs.] Heywood.
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Delirancy (?), n. Delirium. [Obs.] Gauden.
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Delirant (?), a. [L. delirans, - antis, p. pr. of delirare. See .] Delirious. [Obs.] Owen.
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Delirate (?), v. t. & i. [L. deliratus, p. p. of delirare. See .] To madden; to rave. [Obs.]
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An infatuating and delirating spirit in it. Holland.
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Deliration (?), n. [L. deliratio.] Aberration of mind; delirium. J. Morley.
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Deliration or alienation of the understanding. Mede.
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Deliriant (?), n. [See .] (Med.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).
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Delirifacient (?), a. [Delirium + L. faciens, -entis, p. pr. of facere to make.] (Med.) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium. -- n. Any substance which tends to cause delirium.
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Delirious (?), a. [From .] Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. -- Deliriously, adv. -- Deliriousness, n.
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Delirium (d�lĭrĭŭm), n. [L., fr. delirare to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; de- + lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G. geleise track, rut, and E. last to endure.] 1. (Med.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness.
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2. Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.
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The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind. W. Irving.
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The delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament). Morley.
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Coloq. Delirium tremens (�). [L., trembling delirium] (Med.), a violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of intoxicating liquors. -- Coloq. Traumatic delirium (Med.), a variety of delirium following injury.

Syn. -- Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; lunacy; fury. See .
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Delit (?), n. Delight. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Delitable (?), a. Delightful; delectable. [Obs.]
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Delitescence (?), n. [See .] 1. Concealment; seclusion; retirement.
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The delitescence of mental activities. Sir W. Hamilton.
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2. (Med.) The sudden disappearance of inflammation.
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Delitescency (?), n. Concealment; seclusion.
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The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency. Sir W. Scott.
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Delitescent (?), a. [L. delitescens, -entis, p. pr. of delitescere to lie hid.] Lying hid; concealed.
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Delitigate (?), v. i. [L. delitigare to rail. See .] To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.]
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Delitigation (?), n. Chiding; brawl. [Obs.]
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Deliver (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delivered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Delivering.] [F. délivrer, LL. deliberare to liberate, give over, fr. L. de + liberare to set free. See .] 1. To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death.
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He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. Ezek. xxxiii. 5.
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Promise was that I
Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver. Milton.
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2. To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into.
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Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. Gen. xl. 13.
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The constables have delivered her over. Shak.
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The exalted mind
All sense of woe delivers to the wind. Pope.
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3. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.
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Till he these words to him deliver might. Spenser.
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Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection. Bacon.
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4. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.
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Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears. Sidney.
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An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. Sir W. Scott.
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5. To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.
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She was delivered safe and soon. Gower.
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Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones. Peacham.
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6. To discover; to show. [Poetic]
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I 'll deliver
Myself your loyal servant. Shak.
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7. To deliberate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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8. To admit; to allow to pass. [Obs.] Bacon.

Syn. -- To , , , , , . Deliver denotes, literally, to set free. Hence the term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is made to pass from a confined state to one of greater freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the following examples: One who delivers a package gives it forth; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers a message or a discourse utters or pronounces it; when soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give it forth.
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Deliver, a. [OF. delivre free, unfettered. See , v. t.] Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.]
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Wonderly deliver and great of strength. Chaucer.
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Deliverable (?), a. Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale.
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Deliverance (?), n. [F. délivrance, fr. délivrer.] 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.
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He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke iv. 18.
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One death or one deliverance we will share. Dryden.
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2. Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic] Shak.
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3. Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] Shak.
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☞ In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word more commonly used.
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4. The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint.
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I do desire deliverance from these officers. Shak.
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5. Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [Scot.]
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6. (Metaph.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.
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Deliverer (?), n. 1. One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.
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2. One who relates or communicates.
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