Part 2889

<i>Pothier.</i>

<h1>Delegatory</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del"e*ga*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delegatorius</ets> pert. to an assignment.]</ety> <def>Holding a delegated position.</def>

<i>Nash.</i>

<h1>Delenda</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>De*len"da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>delere</ets> to destroy.]</ety> <def>Things to be erased or blotted out.</def>

<h1>Delenifical</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del`e*nif"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delenificus</ets>; <ets>delenire</ets> to soothe + <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Lenient</er>.]</ety> <def>Assuaging pain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Delete</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>De*lete"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deleted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deleting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>deletus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>delere</ets> to destroy. Cf. 1st <er>Dele</er>.]</ety> <def>To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.</def>

<blockquote>I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have <b>deleted</b> eight. <i>Aytoun.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deleterious</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del`e*te"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>deleterius</ets> noxious, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L. <ets>delere</ets> to destroy.]</ety> <def>Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; <as>as, a <ex>deleterious</ex> plant or quality; a <ex>deleterious</ex> example.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Del`e*te"ri*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Deletery</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del"e*ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>deleterius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82l\'82t\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <def>Destructive; poisonous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Deletery</i> medicines."

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Deletery</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del"e*ter*y</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which destroys.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They [the Scriptures] are the only <b>deletery</b> of heresies. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deletion</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>De*le"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deletio</ets>, fr. <ets>delere</ets>. See <er>Delete</er>.]</ety> <def>Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<blockquote>A total <b>deletion</b> of every person of the opposing party. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deletitious</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del`e*ti"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deleticius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper.</def>

<h1>Deletive</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del"e*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Adapted to destroy or obliterate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>