deliver
English
Alternative forms
- delivre (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English deliveren, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: de‧liv‧er
Verb
deliver (third-person singular simple present delivers, present participle delivering, simple past and past participle delivered)
- To set free from restraint or danger.
- (process) To do with birth.
- 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 son
- the doctor is expected to deliver her of a daughter tomorrow
- (Can we date this quote by Gower and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- She was delivered safe and soon.
- To give birth to.
- she delivered a baby boy yesterday
- To assist in the birth of.
- To free from or disburden of anything.
- (Can we date this quote by Henry Peacham and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.
- (Can we date this quote by Henry Peacham and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- To bring or transport something to its destination.
- deliver a package; deliver the mail
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:
- 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 40:13
- Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
- The constables have delivered her over.
- (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The exalted mind / All sense of woe delivers to the wind.
- (intransitive, informal) To produce what was expected or required.
- 2004, Detroit News, Detroit Pistons: Champions at Work (page 86)
- "You know, he plays great sometimes when he doesn't score," Brown said. "Tonight, with Rip (Richard Hamilton) struggling, we needed somebody to step up, and he really did. He really delivered."
- 2004, Detroit News, Detroit Pistons: Champions at Work (page 86)
- To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
- 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)”, in The Onion AV Club:
- 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.
- 2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in The Guardian[1], London, archived from the original on 22 April 2018:
- England went into the interval 22-6 down, a second [Owen] Farrell penalty their only response to Scotland’s burst of tries. They had not conceded more points in a Six Nations match in the Eddie Jones era and when the whistle blew for the interval, Dylan Hartley formed his players into a circle to deliver a rallying cry.
- deliver a speech
- To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
- to deliver a blow
- (Can we date this quote by Sir Philip Sidney and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- shaking his head and delivering some show of tears
- (Can we date this quote by Sir Walter Scott and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- An uninstructed bowler […] thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward.
- To discover; to show.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi]:
- I'll deliver myself your loyal servant.
- (obsolete) To admit; to allow to pass.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (medicine) To administer a drug.
Synonyms
- (to set free): free, loose, rid, outbring
- (to express): utter, outbring
- (produce what was required): come through, come up with the goods
Derived terms
Translations
to set free
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to assist in giving birth
to assist in bringing forth a child
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to give birth
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to free from or disburden of anything
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to bring or transport something to its destination
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to hand over or surrender
to meet expectations
to express in words
to give forth in action or exercise; to discharge
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to discover; to show
to admit; to allow to pass
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medicine: to administer a drug
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