dele

American  

[dee-lee] / ˈdi li /

verb (used with object)

deled, deleing

1. to delete.

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noun

deles plural

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

dele British  

/ ˈdiːlɪ /

noun

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

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verb

1. (tr) to mark (matter to be deleted) with a dele

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• deles
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dele

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

Example Sentences

If Rhodes releases his dele gation during the first ballot, Goldwater stands to get at least half of Ohio's votes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, for example, the 38 members of California's House dele gation decided to adjourn, come what may, at the end of this week.

From Time Magazine Archive

If so, dele the comma after it. p.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

For alle hise werkes ben grevance And enemy to mannes hele, In what degre that he schal dele.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

He has a very good presence, and resembles King Charles a great dele.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. by Thomson, Mrs.