deliver

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English

Alternative forms

• delivre (archaic)
• deliever (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪvə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪvɚ/
• Hyphenation: de‧liv‧er

Verb

deliver (third-person singular simple present delivers, present participle delivering, simple past and past participle delivered)

1. To set free from restraint or danger.

   Synonyms: free, liberate, release

2. (process) Senses having to do with birth.
   1. To assist in the birth of.

   2. (formal, with "of") To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
      • (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

        Sche was delivered sauf and sone
   3. To give birth to.

3. To free from or disburden of anything.
4. To bring or transport something to its destination.
5. To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
6. (intransitive, transitive, informal) To produce what is expected or required.
7. To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.

8. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
9. To discover; to show.
10. (medicine) To administer a drug.

Synonyms

• (to set free): free, loose, rid, outbring
• (to express): utter, outbring
• (produce what was required): come through, come up with the goods

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

deliver (comparative more deliver, superlative most deliver)

1. (rare) Capable, agile, or active.

References

• “deliver”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “deliver”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• delivre, livered, relived, reviled