Dictionary: DE-LEC-TA'TION – DE-LIB'ER-A-TING

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DE-LEC-TA'TION, n.

Great pleasure; delight. – More.

DEL'E-GA-CY, n.

A number of persons delegated. Laud. [We now use delegation.]

DEL'E-GATE, a.

Deputed; sent to act for or represent another; as, a delegate judge. – Taylor.

DEL'E-GATE, n.

  1. A person appointed and sent by another with powers to transact business as his representative; a deputy; a commissioner; a vicar. In the United States, a person elected or appointed to represent a state or a district, in the Congress, or in a Convention for forming or altering a constitution.
  2. In Great Britain, a commissioner appointed by the king, under the great seal, to hear and determine appeals from the ecclesiastical court. Hence the Court of Delegates is the great court of appeal in all ecclesiastical causes. It is used also for the court of appeals from that of the Admiralty. – Blackstone.
  3. A layman appointed to attend an ecclesiastical council.

DEL'E-GATE, v.t. [L. delego; de and lego, to send. See Legate.]

  1. To send away; appropriately, to send on an embassy; to send with power to transact business, as a representative. The President delegated three commissioners to the court of St. Cloud.
  2. To intrust; to commit; to deliver to another's care and exercise; as, to delegate authority or power to an envoy, representative or judge.

DEL'E-GA-TED, pp.

Deputed; sent with a trust or commission to act for another; appointed a judge; committed, as authority.

DEL'E-GA-TING, ppr.

Deputing; sending with a commission to act for another; appointing; committing; intrusting.

DEL-E-GA'TION, n.

  1. A sending away; the act of putting in commission, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate. – Burke. The duties of religion can not be performed by delegation. – S. Miller.
  2. The person deputed to act for another, or for others. Thus, the representatives of Massachusetts in Congress are called the delegation, or whole delegation.
  3. In the civil law, the assignment of a debt to another, as when a debtor appoints his debtor to answer to the creditor in his place.

DELENDA-EST-CARTHAGO, v. [L.]

Carthage must be annihilated – our rival must be destroyed.

DE-LETE', v.t. [L. deleo.]

To blot out. [Not used.] – Fuller.

DEL-E-TE'RI-OUS, a. [L. deleterius, from deleo, to blot out or destroy; W. dilëaw, dilëu. Qu. Ir. dallaim, to blind.]

  1. Having the quality of destroying, or extinguishing life; destructive; poisonous; as, a deleterious plant or quality.
  2. Injurious; pernicious.

DEL'E-TER-Y, a.

Destructive; poisonous. – Hudibras.

DE-LE'TION, n. [L. deletio, from deleo, to blot out.]

  1. The act of blotting out or erasing.
  2. Destruction. [Little used.] – Hale.

DEL'E-TO-RY, n.

That which blots out. – Taylor.

DELF, n. [Sax. delfan, to delve, to dig.]

  1. A mine; a quarry; a pit dug. [Rarely used.] – Ray.
  2. Earthen ware, covered with enamel or white glazing in imitation of China ware or porcelain, made at Delft in Holland; properly, Delft-ware.

DE'LI-AC, n. [from Delos.]

In the arts, a kind of sculptured vase: also beautiful bronze and silver. Elmes.

DEL'I-BATE, v.t. [L. delibo; de and libo, to taste.]

To taste; to take a sip. [Little used.]

DEL-I-BA'TION, n.

A taste; an essay. [Little used.] – Berkeley.

DE-LIB'ER-ATE, a.

  1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor.
  2. Formed with deliberation; well advised or considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure, or result.
  3. Slow; as, a deliberate death or echo. [Hardly legitimate.] – Bacon.

DE-LIB'ER-ATE, v.i. [L. delibero; de and libro, to weigh; It. librare. See Librate.]

To weigh in the mind; to consider and examine the reasons for and against a measure; to estimate the weight or force of arguments, or the probable consequences of a measure, in order to a choice or decision; to pause and consider. A wise prince will deliberate before he wages war. The woman that deliberates is lost. – Addison.

DE-LIB'ER-ATE, v.t.

To balance in the mind; to weigh; to consider. – Laud.

DE-LIB'ER-A-TED, pp.

Balanced in the mind; considered.

DE-LIB'ER-ATE-LY, adv.

With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; not hastily or rashly; slowly. This purpose was deliberately formed. – Dryden. Goldsmith.

DE-LIB'ER-ATE-NESS, n.

Calm consideration; circumspection; due attention to the arguments for and against a measure; caution. – K. Charles.

DE-LIB'ER-A-TING, pp.

Balancing in the mind; weighing; considering.