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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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