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▪ I. ‖ dele|ˈdiːliː|
[L. dēlē, 2nd sing. pres. imper. act. of dēlēre to delete; but perh. sometimes an abbreviation of deleatur.]
= deleatur, or imperatively, ‘Delete (the letter, etc. marked)’. Also as n., an instance of the use of the sign so called.
Commonly indicated by a d with a twisted and crossed head ({dele}).
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Correction, There are different characters used to express different corrections, v.gr. D or δ dele for anything to be effaced, or left out. 1821Dibdin Bibliogr., etc. Tour I. 129, I could discover..that..he wished me to..leave him to his deles and stets! 1841in Savage Dict. Printing. 1963V. Nabokov Gift iv. 258 To take but the word ‘I’, ya (formed in Russian script somewhat like a proof-reader's dele).
Hence dele, v. = delete v. 2.
1705S. Sewall Diary 24 Dec. (1879) II. 150, I deled the Title, In Obitum Crucis. 1765N. Carolina Col. Rec. (1890) VII. 81 To the deleing the Clause..we..agree. 1869R. Morris Spenser's Wks. App. i. 689/2 The comma after ape should be deled.
▪ II. dele
obs. form of deal. |