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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
deliver
v 1: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement
speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the
students" [syn: deliver, present]
2: bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super
market delivers"
3: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard
delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the
prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the
money" [syn: hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up,
turn in, deliver, render]
4: free from harm or evil [syn: rescue, deliver]
5: hand over to the authorities of another country; "They
extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be
tried there" [syn: extradite, deliver, deport]
6: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn:
render, deliver, return]
7: utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered
a cry of joy"
8: save from sins [syn: deliver, redeem, save]
9: carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow";
"The boxer drove home a solid left" [syn: deliver, drive
home]
10: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn:
surrender, cede, deliver, give up]
11: throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball;
"The pitcher delivered the ball" [syn: deliver, pitch]
12: cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" [syn: give
birth, deliver, bear, birth, have]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Deliver \De*liv"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delivered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Delivering.] [F. d['e]livrer, LL. deliberare to
liberate, give over, fr. L. de + liberare to set free. See
Liberate.]
1. To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release;
to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to
save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with
from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from
fear of death.
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He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
--Ezek.
xxxiii. 5.
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Promise was that I
Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver.
--Milton.
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2. To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to
part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to
resign; -- often with up or over, to or into.
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Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.
--Gen. xl. 13.
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The constables have delivered her over. --Shak.
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The exalted mind
All sense of woe delivers to the wind. --Pope.
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3. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate;
to utter; to speak; to impart.
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Till he these words to him deliver might. --Spenser.
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Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art,
and the latter the perfection. --Bacon.
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4. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to
deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.
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Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears.
--Sidney.
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An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the
jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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5. To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a
child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.
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She was delivered safe and soon. --Gower.
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Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few
verses, and those poor ones. --Peacham.
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6. To discover; to show. [Poetic]
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I 'll deliver
Myself your loyal servant. --Shak.
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7. To deliberate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. To admit; to allow to pass. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Syn: To Deliver, Give Forth, Discharge, Liberate,
Pronounce, Utter.
Usage: Deliver denotes, literally, to set free. Hence the
term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is
made to pass from a confined state to one of greater
freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain
connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of
the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the
following examples: One who delivers a package gives
it forth; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one
who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers
a message or a discourse utters or pronounces it; when
soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give
it forth.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Deliver \De*liv"er\, a. [OF. delivre free, unfettered. See
Deliver, v. t.]
Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.]
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Wonderly deliver and great of strength. --Chaucer.
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Thesaurus Results for deliver:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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