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Delate

//dəˈleɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To carry; to convey. archaic

    "Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated."

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of dilate. alt-of, obsolete
  3. 3
    To report; to spread; to inform to make public. archaic

    "when the crime is delated or notorious"

  4. 4
    To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against. archaic

    "As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine."

  5. 5
    To carry on; to conduct or behave. archaic

    "His vvarlike vvife Simeramis, her huſband being dead, / And ſonne in nonage, faining him ſhe ruled in his ſtéede: / Delating in a males attire the Empire nevve begonne: / The vvhich, his yeares admitting it, ſhe yealded to her ſonne."

Etymology

From Latin delātus, perfect passive participle of deferō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of defer (Etymology 2). See also infer, collate and confer, relate and refer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

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