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

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Etymology

Origin of dele

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

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Example Sentences

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dele deled

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

It was within easy commuting distance of Manhattan, where UNO dele gates would meet until the world capital was finished.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week a dele gation representing three center parties of France presented itself in Pinay's handsome apartment overlooking the Bois de Boulogne in Paris to put a question.

From Time Magazine Archive

The waithman goode of Silverwoode, That bowman stout and hende, In donjon gloom abides his doom— God dele him gentil ende.

From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by John Turvill Adams

He deled a boll o' bear in firlottis fyve, Four for ye halie kirke, and ane for puir mennis wyvis.

From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott

So in l. 1736, for deled read deyled, as in l. 2098.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

We should thus get hwan he haueden þer ilk þing deled, when they had there distributed every thing.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

The MS. reading deled should be deyled; cf. l. 2099. p.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

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