Delay
De‐lay″ (?), n.; pl.Delays (#). [F. délai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of diff...
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Delay (2)
De‐lay″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Delayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Delaying.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun délai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. ...
Delay (3)
De‐lay″, v. i. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas,... beyond ...
Delayer
De‐lay″er (?), n. One who delays; one who lingers.
Delayingly
De‐lay″ing‐ly, adv. By delays. Tennyson.
Delayment
De‐lay″ment (?), n. Hindrance. Gower.
Dele
De″le (?), imperative sing. of L. delere to destroy. [Cf. Delete.] (Print.) Erase; remove; — a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a p...
Dele (2)
De″le, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deleing.] (Print.) To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.
Dele (3)
Dele (?), v. t. [See Deal.] To deal; to divide; to distribute. Chaucer.
Deleble
Del″e‐ble (?; 277), a. [L. delebilis. See 1st Dele.] Capable of being blotted out or erased. “An impression easily deleble.” Fuller.
Delectable
De‐lec″ta‐ble (?), a. [OF. delitable, OF. delitable, F. délectable, fr. L. delectabilis, fr. delectare to delight. See Delight.] Highly pleasing; delightful.Delectable both to b...
Delectate
De‐lec″tate (?), v. t. [L. delectatus, p. p. of delectare. See Delight.] To delight; to charm.
Delectation
De′lec‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. delectatio: cf. F. délectation.] Great pleasure; delight.
Delectus
‖De‐lec″tus (?), n. [L., selection, from deligere, delectum, to select.] A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek. G. Eliot.
Delegacy
Del′e‐ga‐cy (?), n. [From Delegate, a.] 1. The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.By way of delegacy or grand commission. Sir W. Raleigh.2. A body of ...
Delegate
Del″e‐gate (?), n. [L. delegatus, p. p. of delegare to send, delegate; de- + legare to send with a commission, to depute. See Legate.] 1. Any one sent and empowered to act for a...
Delegate (2)
Del″e‐gate (?), a. [L. delegatus, p. p.] Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge. “Delegate power.” Strype.
Delegate (3)
Del″e‐gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Delegated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Delegating (?).] 1. To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact...
Delegation
Del′e‐ga″tion (?), n. [L. delegatio: cf. F. délégation.] 1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.2. ...
Delegatory
Del″e‐ga‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. delegatorius pert. to an assignment.] Holding a delegated position. Nash.
Delenda
‖De‐len″da (?), n. pl. [L., fr. delere to destroy.] Things to be erased or blotted out.
Delenifical
Del′e‐nif″ic‐al (?), a. [L. delenificus; delenire to soothe + facere to make. See Lenient.] Assuaging pain. Bailey.
Delete
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...
Deleterious
Del′e‐te″ri‐ous (?), a. [LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. δηλητήριοσ, fr. δηλει̑σθαι to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L. delere to destroy.] Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; ...
Deletery
Del″e‐ter‐y (?), a. [LL. deleterius: cf. F. délétère.] Destructive; poisonous. “Deletery medicines.” Hudibras.
Deletery (2)
Del″e‐ter‐y, n. That which destroys.They are the only deletery of heresies. Jer. Taylor.
Deletion
De‐le″tion (?), n. [L. deletio, fr. delere. See Delete.] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. Jer. Taylor.A total deletion of every person of the opposing par...