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Meaning of delate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/dəˈleɪt/

Definitions

  1. To carry; to convey.
    archaic
  2. To report; to spread; to inform to make public.
    archaic
  3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against.
    archaic
  4. To carry on; to conduct or behave.
    archaic

Examples

“Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated.”
“when the crime is delated or notorious”
“As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine.”
“His vvarlike vvife Simeramis, her huſband being dead, / And ſonne in nonage, faining him ſhe ruled in his ſtéede: / Delating in a males attire the Empire nevve begonne: / The vvhich, his yeares admitting it, ſhe yealded to her ſonne.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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