deliver
//dɪˈlɪv.ə(ɹ)//
Forms
- present (v1)
- deliver
- past (v2)
- delivered
- past participle (v3)
- delivered
- present participle
- delivering
- 3rd person singular
- delivers
Definitions
1.To set free from restraint or danger.
- The hostage was delivered from her captors and thus preserved from any danger.
2.Senses having to do with birth.
- The queen has already been delivered, and is presenting her daughter to several goddesses, who have acted the part of midwives.
3.To free from or disburden of anything.
- Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.
4.To bring or transport something to its destination.
- Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1247
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”).
Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede).