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<p><b>4.</b> <def>The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint.</def>

<blockquote>I do desire <b>deliverance</b> from these officers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; <as>as, the <ex>deliverance</ex> of consciousness</as>.</def>

<h1>Deliverer</h1> <Xpage=386>

<hw>De*liv"er*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who relates or communicates.</def>

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<h1>Deliveress</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*liv"er*ess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female de<?/<?/<?/.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Deliverly</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*liv"er*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Actively; quickly; nimbly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Swim with your bodies, And carry it sweetly and <b>deliverly</b>. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deliverness</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*liv"er*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Nimbleness; agility.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Delivery</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*liv"er*y</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Deliveries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; <as>as, the <ex>delivery</ex> of a captive from his dungeon</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; <as>as, the <ex>delivery</ex> of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; <as>as, a good <ex>delivery</ex>; a clear <ex>delivery</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.</def>

<blockquote>Neater limbs and freer <b>delivery</b>. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The act or manner of delivering a ball; <as>as, the pitcher has a swift <ex>delivery</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Dell</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Dell</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>del</ets>, akin to E. <ets>dale</ets>; cf. D. <ets>delle</ets>, <ets>del</ets>, low ground. See <er>Dale</er>.]</ety>