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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).

   Derivatives

   • 1. delation noun
   • 2. delator noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • L

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   • A

     1

   • T

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   • E

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