De‐lete″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deleted; p. pr. & vb. n.Deleting.] [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st Dele.] To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
I have, therefore,... inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. Aytoun.