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delate
[ dih-leyt ]
verb (used with object)
, de·lat·ed, de·lat·ing.
- Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- Archaic. to relate; report:
to delate an offense.
delate
/ dɪˈleɪt /
verb
- (formerly) to bring a charge against; denounce; impeach
- rare.to report (an offence, etc)
- obsolete.to make known or public
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Derived Forms
- deˈlator, noun
- deˈlation, noun
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Other Words From
- de·lation noun
- de·lator de·later noun
- del·a·to·ri·an [del-, uh, -, tawr, -ee-, uh, n, -, tohr, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of delate1
C16: from Latin dēlātus, from dēferre to bring down, report, indict, from de- + ferre to bear
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Example Sentences
Elders were ordered by the minister to search the town and “to delate the absentees.”
From Project Gutenberg
Perhaps this party division is necessary to induce each to watch and delate to the people the proceedings of the other.
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