'Delate' definitions:
Definition of 'Delate'
From: GCIDE
- Delate \De*late"\, v. i. To dilate. [Obs.] --Goodwin. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Delate'
From: GCIDE
- Delate \De*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delating.] [L. delatus, used as p. p. of deferre. See Tolerate, and cf. 3d Defer, Delay, v.] [Obs. or Archaic]
- 1. To carry; to convey. [1913 Webster]
- Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To carry abroad; to spread; to make public. [1913 Webster]
- When the crime is delated or notorious. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce. [1913 Webster]
- As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To carry on; to conduct. --Warner. [1913 Webster]