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De*liv"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delivered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Delivering.] [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.
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He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. Ezek. xxxiii. 5.
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Promise was that I
Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver.
Milton.
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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.
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Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. Gen. xl. 13.
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The constables have delivered her over. Shak.
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The exalted mind
All sense of woe delivers to the wind.
Pope.
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3. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.
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Till he these words to him deliver might. Spenser.
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Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection. Bacon.
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4. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.
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Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears. Sidney.
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An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. Sir W. Scott.
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5. To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.
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She was delivered safe and soon. Gower.
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Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones. Peacham.
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6. To discover; to show. [Poetic]
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I 'll deliver
Myself your loyal servant.
Shak.
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7. To deliberate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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8. To admit; to allow to pass. [Obs.] Bacon.

Syn. -- To Deliver, Give Forth, Discharge, Liberate, Pronounce, Utter. 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.
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De*liv"er, a. [OF. delivre free, unfettered. See Deliver, v. t.] Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.]
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Wonderly deliver and great of strength. Chaucer.
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