delate
[ dih-leyt ]
/ dɪˈleɪt /
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verb (used with object), de·lat·ed, de·lat·ing.
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
Archaic. to relate; report: to delate an offense.
Nearby words
delannoy, delano, delany, delany, martin robinson, delaroche, delate, delative, delatorian, delaunay, delaunay, robert, delavigne
Origin of delate
1505–15; < Latin dēlātus (suppletive past participle of dēferre to bring down, report, accuse), equivalent to dē- de- + lā- carry (past participle stem of ferre) + -tus past participle suffix
Related formsde·la·tion, nounde·la·tor, de·lat·er, noundel·a·to·ri·an [del-uh-tawr-ee-uh n, -tohr-] /ˌdɛl əˈtɔr i ən, -ˈtoʊr-/, adjective
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Examples from the Web for delate
Perhaps this party division is necessary to induce each to watch and delate to the people the proceedings of the other.
Elders were ordered by the minister to search the town and “to delate the absentees.”
Bygone Church Life in Scotland|Various
British Dictionary definitions for delate
delate
/ (dɪˈleɪt) /
verb (tr)
(formerly) to bring a charge against; denounce; impeach
rare to report (an offence, etc)
obsolete to make known or public
Derived Formsdelation, noundelator, noun
Word Origin for delate
C16: from Latin dēlātus, from dēferre to bring down, report, indict, from de- + ferre to bear
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