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DELE
Etymology
Verb
dele (third-person singular simple present deles, present participle deleing, simple past and past participle deled)
(printing, usually, imperative) to delete
Noun
dele (plural deles)
(printing) a sign signifying deletion
Anagrams
• LEDE, LEED, deel, lede, leed
Source: Wiktionary
De"le, imperative sing. of L. delere to destroy. Etym: [Cf. Delete.] (Print.)
Definition: Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: .
De"le, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deled; p. pr. & vb. n. Deleing.] Etym: [From the preceding word.] (Print.)
Definition: To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.
Dele, v. t. Etym: [See Deal.]
Definition: To deal; to divide; to distribute. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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