deliver

== English == === Alternative forms === delivre (archaic) deliever (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”). Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪˈlɪv.ə(ɹ)/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /dɪˈlɪv.ɚ/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈɖɛlɪvə(r)/ Hyphenation: de‧liv‧er === Verb === deliver (third-person singular simple present delivers, present participle delivering, simple past and past participle delivered) To set free from restraint or danger. Synonyms: free, liberate, release (process) Senses having to do with birth. To assist in the birth of. (formal, with "of") To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child). (Can we clean up(+) this sense? (wrong language: Gower is Middle English (enm) and not English (en))) Sche was delivered sauf and sone To give birth to. To free from or disburden of anything. To bring or transport something to its destination. To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another. (intransitive, transitive, informal) To produce what is expected or required. To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge. To discover; to show. (medicine) To administer a drug. ==== Synonyms ==== (to set free): free, loose, rid, outbring (to express): utter, outbring (produce what was required): come through, come up with the goods ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === deliver (comparative more deliver, superlative most deliver) (rare) Capable, agile, or active. === References === “deliver”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “deliver”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === delivre, livered, relived, reviled