| Deliver |
v. t. |
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 or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death. |
| Deliver |
v. t. |
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 or over, to or into. |
| Deliver |
v. t. |
To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart. |
| Deliver |
v. t. |
To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball. |
| Deliver |
v. t. |
To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth;
often with of. |
| Deliver |
v. t. |
To discover; to show. |
| Deliver |
v. t. |
To deliberate. |
| Deliver |
v. t. |
To admit; to allow to pass. |
| Deliver |
v. t. |
Free; nimble; sprightly; active. |
| Deliverable |
a. |
Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. |
| Deliverance |
n. |
The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive. |
| Deliverance |
n. |
Act of bringing forth children. |
| Deliverance |
n. |
Act of speaking; utterance. |
| Deliverance |
n. |
The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint. |
| Deliverance |
n. |
Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. |
| Deliverance |
n. |
Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. |
| Delivered |
imp. & p. p. |
of Deliver |
| Deliverer |
n. |
One who delivers or rescues; a preserver. |
| Deliverer |
n. |
One who relates or communicates. |
| Deliveress |
n. |
A female deliverer. |
| Deliveries |
pl. |
of Delivery |
| Delivering |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Deliver |
| Deliverly |
adv. |
Actively; quickly; nimbly. |
| Deliverness |
n. |
Nimbleness; agility. |
| Delivery |
n. |
The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon. |
| Delivery |
n. |
The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters. |
| Delivery |
n. |
The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery. |
| Delivery |
n. |
The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes. |
| Delivery |
n. |
The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. |
| Delivery |
n. |
The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery. |
