Defn: Concealment; seclusion. The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency. Sir W. Scott.
DELITESCENT Del`i*tes"cent, a. Etym: [L. delitescens, -entis, p. pr. of delitescere to lie hid.]
Defn: Lying hid; concealed.
DELITIGATE
De*lit"i*gate, v. i. Etym: [L. delitigare to rail. See Litigate.]
Defn: To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.]
DELITIGATION
De*lit`i*ga"tion, n.
Defn: Chiding; brawl. [Obs.]
DELIVER
De*liv"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delivered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Delivering.] Etym: [F. délivrer, LL. deliberare to liberate, give
over, fr. L. de + liberare to set free. See Liberate.]
1. 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. He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. Ezek. xxxiii. 5. Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver. Milton.
2. 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. Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. Gen. xl. 13. The constables have delivered her over. Shak. The exalted mind All sense of woe delivers to the wind. Pope.