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Deliver Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Deliver? [v] give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!" [v] deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" [v] utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy" [v] pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [v] bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers" [v] throw or hurl, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball" [v] relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [v] to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy" [v] carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left" [v] hand over to the authorities of another country [v] free from harm or evil [v] from sins, as in religious dogma Synonyms \| Synonyms for Deliver: bear \| birth \| cede \| deport \| drive home \| extradite \| get in \| give birth \| give up \| hand over \| have \| pitch \| present \| redeem \| render \| render \| rescue \| return \| surrender \| surrender \| turn in Related Terms \| Find terms related to Deliver: abalienate \| administer \| affranchise \| alien \| alienate \| amortize \| announce \| articulate \| assign \| barter \| bear \| bequeath \| born \| breathe \| bring \| bring forth \| bring out \| broach \| broadcast \| carry \| carry over \| cart \| cast \| cede \| chime \| chime in \| chorus \| circulate \| cleanse \| cleanse away \| come across with \| come out with \| commit \| communicate \| confer \| consign \| convey \| deal \| declare \| deed \| deed over \| deliver over \| demise \| deport \| devolve upon \| diffuse \| direct \| disburden \| discharge \| disclose \| disencumber \| disenthrall \| dispatch \| dispense \| disseminate \| distribute \| emancipate \| emit \| enfeoff \| enfranchise \| enunciate \| exchange \| expel \| export \| express \| extract \| extradite \| extricate \| feed \| find \| fire \| fling \| fling off \| fork over \| formulate \| forward \| free \| free from \| give \| give birth to \| give expression \| give in \| give out \| give out with \| give over \| give release \| give respite \| give title to \| give tongue \| give up \| give utterance \| give voice \| hand \| hand down \| hand forward \| hand in \| hand on \| hand out \| hand over \| hurl \| impart \| import \| inflict \| intermit \| launch \| let out \| liberate \| lip \| make known \| make over \| manumit \| metastasize \| metathesize \| negotiate \| out with \| pass \| pass on \| pass out \| pass over \| pass the buck \| perform \| perfuse \| phonate \| phrase \| pitch \| pour forth \| present \| proclaim \| produce \| promulgate \| pronounce \| provide \| publish \| purge \| purge away \| purvey \| put forth \| put in words \| raise \| ransom \| reach \| read \| recover \| redeem \| relay \| release \| relinquish \| remove \| render \| reprieve \| rescue \| resign \| retrieve \| salvage \| save \| say \| sell \| send \| set at large \| set at liberty \| set forth \| set free \| settle \| settle on \| shoot \| sign away \| sign over \| sound \| spread \| state \| strike \| supply \| surrender \| suspend \| switch \| tell \| throw \| throw off \| trade \| transfer \| transfer property \| transfuse \| translate \| translocate \| transmit \| transplace \| transplant \| transport \| transpose \| turn over \| utter \| vent \| verbalize \| vocalize \| voice \| whisper \| word \| yield See Also \| bail \| bring \| bring forth \| bring through \| carry through \| communicate \| conceive \| consign \| convey \| discharge \| drop \| drop \| emit \| expel \| fetch \| foal \| get \| gift \| give \| give away \| hand \| kick out \| kitten \| lamb \| land \| let loose \| let out \| litter \| misdeliver \| mouth \| pass \| pass \| pass on \| pass on \| present \| process \| produce \| pull through \| put across \| put down \| reach \| relieve \| repatriate \| reprieve \| salvage \| salve \| save \| sell \| serve \| set down \| sign away \| sign over \| speak \| speechify \| strike out \| swear out \| talk \| throw \| throw out \| turn over \| twin \| unload \| utter \| verbalise \| verbalize \| yield up Deliver In Webster's Dictionary \Deliv"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delivered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delivering}.] [F. d['e]livrer, 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. 3. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart. Till he these words to him deliver might. --Spenser. Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection. --Bacon. 4. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball. Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears. --Sidney. An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. --Sir W. Scott. 5. To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of. She was delivered safe and soon. --Gower. Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones. --Peacham. 6. To discover; to show. [Poetic] I 'll deliver Myself your loyal servant. --Shak. 7. To deliberate. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 8. To admit; to allow to pass. [Obs.] --Bacon. Syn: To {Deliver}, {Give Forth}, {Discharge}, {Liberate}, {Pronounce}, {Utter}. Usage: Deliver denotes, literally, to set free. Hence the term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is made to pass from a confined state to one of greater freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the following examples: One who delivers a package gives it forth; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers a message or a discourse utters or pronounces it; when soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give it forth. \Deliv"er\, a. [OF. delivre free, unfettered. See {Deliver}, v. t.] Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.] Wonderly deliver and great of strength. --Chaucer.

Deliver Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deliver?

[v] give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!"
[v] deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
[v] utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy"
[v] pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
[v] bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers"
[v] throw or hurl, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball"
[v] relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
[v] to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"
[v] carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"
[v] hand over to the authorities of another country
[v] free from harm or evil
[v] from sins, as in religious dogma

Deliver In Webster's Dictionary

\De*liv"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delivered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Delivering}.] [F. d['e]livrer, 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.

3. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate;
   to utter; to speak; to impart.

         Till he these words to him deliver might. --Spenser.

         Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art,
         and the latter the perfection.        --Bacon.

4. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to
   deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.

         Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears.
                                               --Sidney.

         An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the
         jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it.
                                               --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

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

         She was delivered safe and soon.      --Gower.

         Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few
         verses, and those poor ones.          --Peacham.

6. To discover; to show. [Poetic]

         I 'll deliver Myself your loyal servant. --Shak.

7. To deliberate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

8. To admit; to allow to pass. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Syn: To {Deliver}, {Give Forth}, {Discharge}, {Liberate},
     {Pronounce}, {Utter}.

Usage: Deliver denotes, literally, to set free. Hence the
       term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is
       made to pass from a confined state to one of greater
       freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain
       connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of
       the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the
       following examples: One who delivers a package gives
       it forth; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one
       who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers
       a message or a discourse utters or pronounces it; when
       soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give
       it forth.


\De*liv"er\, a. [OF. delivre free, unfettered. See
{Deliver}, v. t.]
Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.]

      Wonderly deliver and great of strength.  --Chaucer.

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