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   delate

   /dɪˈleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. report (an offence or crime): archaic "they may delate my slackness to my patron"
   • ▪ inform against or denounce (someone): archaic "they deliberated together on delating her as a witch"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin delat- ‘referred, carried away’, from the verb deferre (see defer2).

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   • 1. delation noun
   • 2. delator noun

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   What does it mean to Delate someone?

   • To delate someone is to "hand down" that person to a court of law. In Latin, delatus is the unlikely-looking past participle of deferre, meaning "to bring down, report, or accuse," which in turn comes from ferre, meaning "to carry."

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   What is another word for Delate?

   • To accuse or inform against. To announce; make public. To carry; to convey. To carry on; to conduct. Obsolete form of dilate. Find similar words to delate using the buttons below. Delate definition: To accuse or inform against.

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   What does the word 'delate' mean?

   • The verb 'delate' means 'to inform against' or 'denounce'. It is chiefly used in Scotch law. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Word Of The Day Quiz: A Plethora Of Wonderful Words!

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   What is Delate?

   • Delate is a service designed to turn an inconvenience into an advantage for those who use the train as a daily means of transport to work, study, or leisure. What is GALILEO?

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   Where did the word Delate come from?

   • The earliest known use of the verb delate is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for delate is from 1515. delate is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēlāt-. delapsation, n.

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   What does delatus mean?

   • In Latin, delatus is the unlikely-looking past participle of deferre, meaning "to bring down, report, or accuse," which in turn comes from ferre, meaning "to carry." Not surprisingly, our word defer, meaning "to yield to the opinion or wishes of another," can also be traced back to deferre.

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   delate in British English. (dɪˈleɪt) verb(transitive) 1. (formerly) to bring a charge against; denounce; impeach. 2. rare. to report (an offence, etc) 3. obsolete. to make known or public.

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   Delate definition: to inform against; denounce or accuse.. See examples of DELATE used in a sentence.

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   1. : accuse, denounce. 2. : report, relate. delation. di-ˈlā-shən. dē- noun. delator. di-ˈlā-tər. dē- noun. Did you know? To delate someone is to "hand down" that person to a court of law.

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   Delate is a verb that has six meanings, three of which are obsolete. It comes from Latin and means to accuse or inform against someone. See examples, pronunciation, and frequency of delate in modern English.

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   Delate is a verb that means to bring a charge against, denounce, or impeach someone, or to report an offence. It is an obsolete or rare word in modern English. See examples, synonyms, and related terms.

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   Delate is a verb that means to accuse or inform against someone. It is an obsolete form of dilate, which means to carry on or conduct.

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   Delate is a verb that means to inform against or denounce someone, or to report an offense. It is a chiefly Scottish word derived from Latin dēlātus.