Defn: Things to be erased or blotted out.
DELENIFICAL Del`e*nif"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. delenificus; delenire to soothe + facere to make. See Lenient.]
Defn: Assuaging pain. [Obs.] Bailey.
DELETE
De*lete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deleting.]
Etym: [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st Dele.]
Defn: To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit. I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. Aytoun.
DELETERIOUS Del`e*te"ri*ous, a. Etym: [LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. delere to destroy.]
Defn: Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious
plant or quality; a deleterious example.
— Del`e*te"ri*ous*ly, adv.
— Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness, n.
DELETERY
Del"e*ter*y, a. Etym: [LL. deleterius: cf. F. délétère.]
Defn: Destructive; poisonous. [Obs.] "Deletery medicines." Hudibras.
DELETERY
Del"e*ter*y, n.