Part 2901

<hw>De*lit"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Delightful; delectable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Delitescence</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>Del`i*tes"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Delitescent</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Concealment; seclusion; retirement.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>delitescence</b> of mental activities. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The sudden disappearance of inflammation.</def>

<h1>Delitescency</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>Del`i*tes"cen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Concealment; seclusion.</def>

<blockquote>The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for <b>delitescency</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Delitescent</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>Del`i*tes"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delitescens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>delitescere</ets> to lie hid.]</ety> <def>Lying hid; concealed.</def>

<h1>Delitigate</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>De*lit"i*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delitigare</ets> to rail. See <er>Litigate</er>.]</ety> <def>To chide; to rail heartily.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Delitigation</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>De*lit`i*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Chiding; brawl.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Deliver</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>De*liv"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Delivered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Delivering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82livrer</ets>, LL. <ets>deliberare</ets> to liberate, give over, fr. L. <ets>de</ets> + <ets>liberare</ets> to set free. See <er>Liberate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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 <i>from</i> or <i>out of</i>; <as>as, to <ex>deliver</ex> one from captivity, or from fear of death</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He that taketh warning shall <b>deliver</b> his soul. <i>Ezek. xxxiii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke <b>deliver</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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 <i>up</i> or <i>over</i>, <i>to</i> or <i>into</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Thou shalt <b>deliver</b> Pharaoh's cup into his hand. <i>Gen. xl. 13.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The constables have <b>delivered</b> her over. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The exalted mind All sense of woe <b>delivers</b> to the wind. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.</def>

<blockquote>Till he these words to him <b>deliver</b> might. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whereof the former <b>delivers</b> the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; <as>as, to <ex>deliver</ex> a blow; to <ex>deliver</ex> a broadside, or a ball.</as></def>