Deliver
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /dɪˈlɪvə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)
Alternative forms
- delivre archaic
Origin
Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin delīberŠ("") with a change of consonant.
Full definition of deliver
Verb
- To set free.deliver a captive from the prison
- (process) To do with birth.
- To give birth.she delivered a baby boy yesterday
- To assist in the birth of.the doctor delivered the baby
- (formal, with "of") To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).the duchess was delivered of a sonthe doctor is expected to deliver her of a daughter tomorrow
- GowerShe was delivered safe and soon.
- (figurative) To free from or disburden of anything.
- Henry Peacham (1578-c.1644)Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.
- To bring or transport something to its destination.deliver a package; deliver the mail
- 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 10, Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.
- To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.deliver the thief to the police
- Bible, Genesis xl. 13Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)The constables have delivered her over.
- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)The exalted mind
All sense of woe delivers to the wind. - To express in words, declare, or utter.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 1, The stories did not seem to me to touch life. … They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
- 2012, May 27, Nathan Rabin, TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block†(season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992), It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver.
- deliver a speech
- To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.to deliver a blow
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)shaking his head and delivering some show of tears
- Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)An uninstructed bowler ... thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward.
- To discover; to show.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)I'll deliver myself your loyal servant.
- (obsolete) To admit; to allow to pass.