Dele

[di:li:]

Definition

(imperative sing.) Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: /.

(v. t.) To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.

(v. t.) To deal; to divide; to distribute.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [L.] Erase, efface, remove, delete, blot out.

Typed by Jed

Definition

v.t. delete efface a direction in proof-reading to remove a superfluous letter or word usually marked thus .—adjs. Del′eble Del′ible that can be deleted.

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