delate

From Latin delātus, perfect passive participle of deferō (compare defer).

• IPA^(key): /dəˈleɪt/, /dɪˈleɪt/

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delate (third-person singular simple present delates, present participle delating, simple past and past participle delated)

1. To carry; to convey.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:

     Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated.

2. To carry abroad; to spread; to make public.
   • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Rule of Conscience:

     when the crime is delated or notorious

3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against.

   Synonyms: accuse, denounce

   • 1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], editor, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], OCLC 863504080:

     As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine.

4. To carry on; to conduct.
   • 1586–1602, William Warner, “(please specify the page)”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], OCLC 1179445035:

     Delating in a males attyre, the Empire new begonne

delate (third-person singular simple present delates, present participle delating, simple past and past participle delated)

1. Obsolete form of dilate.

• elated

dēlāte

1. vocative masculine singular of dēlātus

delate

1. inflection of delatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

delate (Cyrillic spelling делате)

1. second-person plural present of delati

delate

1. inflection of delatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative