dele

[ dee-lee ]

verb (used with object),de·led, de·le·ing.
  1. to delete.

noun
  1. a mark, as  or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.

Origin of dele

1
1695–1705; <Latin dēlē (2nd person singular imperative of dēlēre), equivalent to dēl- destroy + imperative ending

Words Nearby dele

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How to use dele in a sentence

  • Larfin at yure own story, while yu are tellin on it, is a good dele like firing a gun oph thru the tuch hole.

    Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings | Henry Wheeler Shaw
  • I have lost a great dele of my cloaths, and I am thinking of drawing of about six pound, wich I think I can make shift with.

  • All the children's story-books were up here in a case dele had made out of a packing box.

    A Little Girl of Long Ago | Amanda Millie Douglas
  • Aunt Clem was real good to her; and when her quarterly allowance was paid she often dropped five dollars into dele's bank.

    A Little Girl of Long Ago | Amanda Millie Douglas
  • "It would be such fun to go together," said dele, in her harum-scarum fashion, without a thought of any future contingency.

    A Little Girl of Long Ago | Amanda Millie Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for dele

dele

/ (ˈdiːlɪ) /


nounplural deles
  1. a sign (δ) indicating that typeset matter is to be deleted: Compare stet

verbdeles, deleing or deled
  1. (tr) to mark (matter to be deleted) with a dele

Origin of dele

1
C18: from Latin: delete (imperative), from dēlēre to destroy, obliterate; see delete

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