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
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"I will delate you for a warlock to the Privy Council!" said Sir John.
From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Rhys, Ernest
Envious of the prodigious fortune that Cayero might make by accepting this offer, the Portuguese officers threatened to delate him to the Birman sovereign, if he consented, and the proposal was accordingly refused.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert
But of Troy during these twelve months there has been little or nothing to delate.
From The Delectable Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Elders were ordered by the minister to search the town and “to delate the absentees.”
From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various
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
“Dr. Rajesh Talwar delated the matter with the Police Station.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2013
Recom. for incarcerating one delated for witchcraft, Sess.
From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly
Adam Wallace, alias Feane, thou art openly delated and accused for preaching, saying, and teaching of the blasphemies and abominable heresies vnderwritten.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David
So the three Samesbury witches got off with a stern exhortation from the judge, who scarcely seemed to relish the release of even Protestant witches delated by papistical accusers.
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
If names were delated to the senate on such a charge, he inclined to mercy.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
They are distinguished the ane from the other be delating and contracting the mouth, and are a, e, i, o, u.
From Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin
And then, if he should deny that it was lawful, they would have an opportunity or pretense of delating and delivering him to the Roman governor, as an enemy to Caesar.
From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed
Act for delating the Querees of Merss and Tiviotdale out of the Provincial Book.
From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly
She was found a witch by her marks, and soon after confessed, delating five women and one man as her accomplices.
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
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