DELATE

Etymology 1

Verb

delate (third-person singular simple present delates, present participle delating, simple past and past participle delated)

To carry; to convey.

To carry abroad; to spread; to make public.

To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against.

Synonyms: accuse, denounce

To carry on; to conduct.

Etymology 2

Verb

delate (third-person singular simple present delates, present participle delating, simple past and past participle delated)

Obsolete form of dilate.

Anagrams

• elated

Source: Wiktionary


De*late", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delating.] Etym: [L. delatus, used as p. p. of deferre. See Tolerate, and cf. 3d Defer, Delay, v.] [Obs. or Archaic]

1. To carry; to convey. Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated. Bacon.

2. To carry abroad; to spread; to make public. When the crime is delated or notorious. Jer. Taylor.

3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce. As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. Bp. Burnet.

4. To carry on; to conduct. Warner.

De*late", v. i.

Definition: To dilate. [Obs.] Goodwin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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