Deliver

[dɪ'lɪvə] or [dɪ'lɪvɚ]

Definition

(verb.) deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); 'The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students'.

(verb.) utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); 'The students delivered a cry of joy'.

(verb.) bring to a destination, make a delivery; 'our local super market delivers'.

(verb.) throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; 'The pitcher delivered the ball'.

(verb.) carry out or perform; 'deliver an attack', 'deliver a blow'; 'The boxer drove home a solid left'.

(verb.) save from sins.

Typed by Doreen--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death.

(v. t.) To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into.

(v. t.) To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.

(v. t.) To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.

(v. t.) To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.

(v. t.) To discover; to show.

(v. t.) To deliberate.

(v. t.) To admit; to allow to pass.

(v. t.) Free; nimble; sprightly; active.

Typist: Rosa

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Liberate, release, free, emancipate, set free, set at liberty.[2]. Rescue, save, extricate, redeem.[3]. Commit, transfer, give, pass over, make over.[4]. Yield, cede, grant, surrender, relinquish, resign, give up.[5]. Pronounce, utter, speak.[6]. Discharge, deal, give forth.

Edited by Ervin

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Liberate, free, save, utter, set free, surrender, yield, transmit, concede,give_up, rescue, pronounce, hand, give, entrust, consign

ANT:Confine, capture, suppress, retain, betray, withdraw, assume, appropriate,misdeliver

Editor: Marilyn

Definition

v.t. to liberate or set free from restraint or danger: to rescue from evil or fear: to give up or part with: to communicate: to pronounce: to give forth as a blow a ball &c.: to disburden a woman of a child in childbirth.—adj. Deliv′erable.—ns. Deliv′erance act of delivering or freeing: act of transferring from one to another: parturition: the utterance of a judgment or authoritative opinion; Deliv′erer; Deliv′ery the act of delivering: a giving up: the act or manner of speaking in public of discharging a shot of throwing a cricket-ball of pouring water &c.: the act of giving birth.—General delivery the delivery of letters from a post-office window to the persons to whom they are addressed—opp. to house to house delivery; Gaol or Jail delivery (see Gaol).

Typed by Bartholdi