Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: DEL'I-RATE – DELPH'IN-ITE
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DEL'I-RATE, v.i. [L. deliro.]
To rave, as a madman. [Not in use.]
DEL-I-RA'TION, n.
A raving in madness. [Not in use.]
DEL-I-RA'TION, n. [L. deliratio.]
A wandering of mind; delirium. – Ed. Rev.
DE-LIR'I-OUS, a. [L. delirus. See Delirium.]
Roving in mind; light-headed; disordered in intellect; having ideas that are wild, irregular, and unconnected.
DE-LIR'I-OUS-LY, adv.
In a delirious manner.
The state of being delirious; delirium. – Johnson.
DE-LIR'I-UM, n. [L. from deliro, to wander in mind, to rave; de and liro, to make balks in plowing, that is, to err, wander, miss.]
A state in which the ideas of a person are wild, irregular, and unconnected, or do not correspond with the truths or with external objects; a roving or wandering of the mind; disorder of the intellect. Fevers often produce delirium. An alienation of mind connected with fever. – Cyc. Symptomatic derangement, or that which is dependent on some other disease, in distinction from idiopathic derangement or mania.
A disease of the brain, induced by the excessive use of intoxicating liquors.
DEL-I-TES'CENCE, n. [L. delitescentia; de and lateo.]
Retirement; obscurity. – Johnson.
DE-LIT'I-GATE, v.i. [L. delitigo.]
To chide, or contend in words. [Not in use.]
DE-LIT-I-GA'TION, n.
A chiding; a brawl. [Not in use.]
DE-LIVER, a. [L. liber.]
Free; nimble. [Obs.] – Chaucer.
DE-LIV'ER, v.t. [Fr. delivrer; de and livrer, to deliver; Sp. librar; Port. livrar; L. liber, free, disengaged; delibro, to free, to peel; Arm. delivra; See Liberal, Library, Librate.]
- To free; to release, as from restraint; to set at liberty; as, to deliver one from captivity.
- To rescue, or save. Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked. – Ps. lxxi.
- To give or transfer; to put into another's hand or power; to commit; to pass from one to another. Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. – Gen. xl. So we say, to deliver goods to a carrier; to deliver a letter; to deliver possession of an estate.
- To surrender; to yield; to give up; to resign; as, to deliver a fortress to an enemy. It is often followed by up; as, to deliver up the city; to deliver up stolen goods. The exalted mind All sense of woe delivers to the wind. – Pope.
- To disburden of a child.
- To utter; to pronounce; to speak; to send forth in words; as, to deliver a sermon, an address, or an oration.
- To exert in motion. [Not in use.] To deliver to the wind, to cast away; to reject. To deliver over, to transfer; to give or pass from one to another; as, to deliver over goods to another. #2. To surrender or resign; to put into another's power; to commit to the discretion of; to abandon to. Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies. – Ps. xxvii. To deliver up, to give up; to surrender.
DE-LIV'ER-A-BLE, a.
That may be or is to be delivered. A bill of lading may state that the goods are deliverable to a particular person therein named. [Mercantile usage.] – Amer. Review.
DE-LIV'ER-ANCE, n. [Fr. delivrance.]
- Release from captivity, slavery, oppression or any restraint. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. – Luke iv.
- Rescue from danger or any evil. God sent me to save your lives by a great deliverance. – Gen. xiv.
- The act of bringing forth children. – Bacon.
- The act of giving or transferring from one to another.
- The act of speaking or pronouncing; utterance. – Shak. [In the three last senses, Delivery is now used.]
- Acquittal of a prisoner, by the verdict of a jury. God send you a good deliverance
DE-LIV'ER-ED, pp.
Freed; released; transferred or transmitted; passed from one to another; committed; yielded; surrendered; rescued; uttered; pronounced.
DE-LIV'ER-ER, n.
- One who delivers; one who releases or rescues; a preserver. The Lord raised up a deliverer to Israel. – Judges iii.
- One who relates, or communicates. – Boyle.
DE-LIV'ER-ING, ppr.
Releasing; setting free; rescuing; saving; surrendering; giving over; yielding; resigning.
DE-LIV'ER-Y, n.
- The act of delivering.
- Release; rescue; as from slavery, restraint, oppression or danger.
- Surrender; a giving up.
- A giving or passing from one to another; as, the delivery of goods, or of a deed.
- Utterance; pronunciation; or manner of speaking. He has a good delivery. I was charmed with his graceful delivery.
- Childbirth. – Is. xxvi.
- Free motion or use of the limbs. [Obs.] – Sidney. Wotton.
DELL, n. [Qu. dale, or W. dell, a cleft or rift; or is it contracted from Sax. degle?]
A pit, or a hollow place; a cavity or narrow opening. – Spenser. Milton.
DELPH, n. [See DELF, No. 2.]
DELPH'I-AN, or DELPHIC, a. [from Delphi, a town of Phocis in Greece.]
Relating to Delphi, and to the celebrated oracle of that place.
DELPH'INE, a. [L. delphinus.]
- Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.
- Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the delphine edition of the classics.
DEL-PHIN'I-NA, or DEL-PHIN'I-A, n. [or DEL-PHI'NA, or DELPH'I-A, or DELPH'IN-INE, or DELPH'INE.]
A vegetable alkaloid discovered in the Delphinium staphysagria. Its taste is bitter and acrid. When heated it melts, but on cooling becomes hard and brittle like resin. – Ure. Brande.
DELPH'IN-ITE, n.
A mineral called also pistacite and epidote. – Ure.