delate

See also: delaté

English

Etymology 1

Verb

delate (third-person singular simple present delates, present participle delating, simple past and past participle delated)

To carry; to convey.
- Francis Bacon
  Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated.
To carry abroad; to spread; to make public.
- Jeremy Taylor
  when the crime is delated or notorious
To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce.
- Bishop Burnet
  As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine.
To carry on; to conduct.
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Etymology 2

Verb

delate (third-person singular simple present delates, present participle delating, simple past and past participle delated)

Obsolete form of dilate.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for delate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

elated

Latin

Participle

dēlāte

vocative masculine singular of dēlātus

Portuguese

Verb

delate

first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of delatar

third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of delatar

third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of delatar

third-person singular (você) negative imperative of delatar

Spanish

Verb

delate

First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of delatar.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of delatar.
Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of delatar.

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