单词 | delate |
释义 | delate[ dih-leyt ] / dɪˈleɪt / verb (used with object), de·lat·ed, de·lat·ing.Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse. Archaic. to relate; report: to delate an offense. Origin of delate1505–15; <Latin dēlātus (suppletive past participle of dēferre to bring down, report, accuse), equivalent to dē-de- + lā- carry (past participle stem of ferre) + -tus past participle suffix OTHER WORDS FROM delatede·la·tion, nounde·la·tor, de·lat·er, noundel·a·to·ri·an [del-uh-tawr-ee-uhn, -tohr-], /ˌdɛl əˈtɔr i ən, -ˈtoʊr-/, adjectiveDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for delate
British Dictionary definitions for delatedelate / (dɪˈleɪt) / verb (tr)(formerly) to bring a charge against; denounce; impeach rare to report (an offence, etc) obsolete to make known or public Derived forms of delatedelation, noundelator, nounWord Origin for delateC16: from Latin dēlātus, from dēferre to bring down, report, indict, from de- + ferre to bear Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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