Part 2887

<hw>De*lay"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who delays; one who lingers.</def>

<h1>Delayingly</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>De*lay"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By delays.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Delayment</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>De*lay"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Hindrance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Del credere</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del` cred"er*e</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[It., of belief or trust.]</ety> <fld>(Mercantile Law)</fld> <def>An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a <i>del credere</i> commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due.</def>

<h1>Dele</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>De"le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imperative sing.</tt> <mord>of L. <i>delere</i> to destroy</mord>. <ety>[Cf. <er>Delete</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of <i>d</i>, thus: &dele;.</def>

<h1>Dele</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>De"le</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deleing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From the preceding word.]</ety> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.</def>

<h1>Dele</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Dele</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Deal</er>.]</ety> <def>To deal; to divide; to distribute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Deleble</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del"e*ble</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delebilis</ets>. See 1st <er>Dele</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being blotted out or erased.</def> "An impression easily <i>deleble</i>."

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Delectable</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>De*lec"ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>delitable</ets>, OF. <ets>delitable</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82lectable</ets>, fr. L. <ets>delectabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>delectare</ets> to delight. See <er>Delight</er>.]</ety> <def>Highly pleasing; delightful.</def>

<blockquote><b>Delectable</b> both to behold and taste. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>De*lec"ta*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>De*lec"ta*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Delectate</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>De*lec"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delectatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>delectare</ets>. See <er>Delight</er>.]</ety> <def>To delight; to charm.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Delectation</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>De`lec*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delectatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82lectation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Great pleasure; delight.</def>

<h1>Delectus</h1> <Xpage=385>