delectate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin delectatus, past participle of delectare. See delight.

Verb

1. (transitive) To delight, to charm, to bring pleasure to.
2. (intransitive) To take delight in, to take pleasure in.

References

• “delectate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “delectate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēlectāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēlectō

Participle

(deprecated template usage) dēlectāte

1. vocative masculine singular of dēlectātus