delibate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin delibatus (“diminished, tasted”), past participle of delibo (“I take away from, I taste from”); de- + libo (“I taste”).

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To taste; to take a sip of.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To dabble in.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “delibate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• editable

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Italian

Verb

delibate

1. second-person plural present indicative of delibare
2. second-person plural imperative of delibare
3. feminine plural of delibato

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēlībāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēlībō