delate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
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Archaic. to relate; report.
to delate an offense.
verb
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(formerly) to bring a charge against; denounce; impeach
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rare to report (an offence, etc)
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obsolete to make known or public
Other Word Forms
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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I heard her call her pleasant 'Clahowya!' and she added, rowing on evenly: 'Hyas delate salmon.'
From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff
Kloshe Good spose if mika thou chako become delate true Tyee Chief kopa over konoway all tillikums. people.
From Hymns in the Chinook Jargon Language by Eells, Myron
Elders were ordered by the minister to search the town and “to delate the absentees.”
From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various
Chako, chako; Alkie nesika klosh, Konamoxt mika Jesus, Kah halo sick-tumtum, Kwansum delate.
From Indian Methodist Hymn-book by Various
Jacobite, Papist, Warming Pan!" roars the Chaplain, "I will delate you to the English Envoy here, and you shall be laid by the heels as soon as ever you set foot in England.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus
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