Delectable, "my talking delectable" (M[5],d), pleasing, delightful.
Delver (passim), delve.
Departed, Depart, (a) "how I departed them" (N[80],b).
(b) "till death us depart" (WS[172],d), i.e. (a) left them; (b) till death divides, or parts: now corrupted in the Marriage Service into "do part." "We wille departe his clothing."—Towneley Myst., p. 228.
Destructions, "destructions to 'member in my heart" (R[234],d), instructions: part of People's mangled English.
Detected, "ne'er of any crime detected" (R[183],b), possibly here = accused.
Dever, "put me in dever" (M[24],d), duty, service. "Do the deuer that thow hast to done."—William of Palerne (c. 1360), 2546.
Devose, "we must devose how that we may" (WH[289],a), devise.
Dialect and Jargon, see Respublica, Wealth and Health.