Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To bring or transport to the proper place or recipient; distribute.
- intransitive verb To surrender (someone or something) to another; hand over.
- intransitive verb To secure (something promised or desired), as for a candidate or political party.
- intransitive verb To throw or hurl.
- intransitive verb To strike (a blow).
- intransitive verb To express in words; declare or utter.
- intransitive verb To give birth to.
- intransitive verb To assist (a woman) in giving birth.
- intransitive verb To assist or aid in the birth of.
- intransitive verb To give forth or produce.
- intransitive verb To set free, as from captivity, peril, or evil: synonym: save.
- intransitive verb To produce or achieve what is desired or expected; make good.
- intransitive verb To give birth.
- idiom (deliver (oneself) of) To pronounce; utter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To free; release or rescue, as from captivity, oppression, or evil; set free; set at liberty: as, to
deliver one from captivity. - To give or hand over; transfer; put into another's possession or power; commit; pass to another: as, to
deliver a letter. - To surrender; yield; give up: as, to
deliver a fortress to an enemy: often followed by up, and sometimes by over: as, todeliver up the city; to deliver up stolen goods; to deliver over money held in trust. - To disburden of a child in childbirth; aid in parturition; hence, figuratively, to disburden of intellectual progeny.
- To discharge; cast; strike; fire: as, he delivered the blow straight from the shoulder; to deliver a broadside.
- To make known; impart, as information.
- To utter, pronounce, or articulate, as words; produce, as tones in singing; enunciate formally, as before an assemblage: as, to
deliver an oration; he delivered the notes badly. - Synonyms To set free, liberate, extricate. To cede, grant, relinquish, give up. Pronounce, etc. See
utter - In molding, to leave the mold easily.
- Free; nimble; active; light; agile.
- See
deliber .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Free; nimble; sprightly; active.
- transitive verb 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
from orout of . - transitive verb 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
up orover ,to orinto . - transitive verb To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.
- transitive verb To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge
- transitive verb To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with
of . - transitive verb Poetic To discover; to show.
- transitive verb obsolete To deliberate.
- transitive verb obsolete To admit; to allow to pass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
set free . - verb To give
birth . - verb To
assist in the birth of. - verb To bring or
transport something to itsdestination . - verb To
hand over orsurrender (someone or something) to another. - verb To
express in words,declare , orutter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb carry out or perform
- verb pass down
- verb to surrender someone or something to another
- verb free from harm or evil
- verb utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
- verb relinquish possession or control over
- verb throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- verb save from sins
- verb hand over to the authorities of another country
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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It shall be the duty of the President of the Association to preside at its meetings, and to discharge such other duties as shall appertain to his office; and he shall, at the expiration of his term deliver an address before the Association.
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With a simple formula like this does Ninja Assassin deliver the goods, or does it fall on its own sword.
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While the look they offer might be the same and hence you would be fooled into buying them, the service they deliver is not quite the same.
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All they can deliver is some possibility, perhaps even some probability, that things will be paid for, but with the caveat that if you are unlucky and they decide to fight you, you and your loved ones will be forced to deal with heartless greedy corporations at a time when they are already facing maximum pain and vulnerability, because they or someone they love is sick.
Matthew Yglesias » The Strange Death of the Public Option 2010
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The value I believe that both Dominque and I were lucky enough to deliver is the experience of letting the viewer be there.
Ethan Russell: Music, Words and Pictures: "Exiles" in Paris -- Whole Lotta Rolling Stones Ethan Russell 2010
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Brandon and Klein deliver an impressive debut, well worth the anticipation that has been building.
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Sarah Palin (R) said that she expects Tuesday's election to be a "political earthquake" and that the message voters will deliver is that the left and President Obama "blew it."
Palin: 'Corrupt bastards' in Alaska media are conspiring against Miller Felicia Sonmez 2010
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Whether or not non-profit elite schools actually deliver is a different point.
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The package he failed to deliver is almost certainly my raspberries.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jean 2009
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The value I believe that both Dominque and I were lucky enough to deliver is the experience of letting the viewer be there.
Ethan Russell: Music, Words and Pictures: "Exiles" in Paris -- Whole Lotta Rolling Stones Ethan Russell 2010
oroboros commented on the word deliver
Reviled in reverse.
July 22, 2007
bilby commented on the word deliver
Deliver forwards.
August 30, 2008