01 v. t. To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil …
imp. & p. p.
Delivered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Delivering
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To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death.“He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.” — Ezek. xxxiii. 5.“Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver.” — Milton.
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To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into.“Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.” — Gen. xl. 13.“The constables have delivered her over.” — Shak.“The exalted mind All sense of woe delivers to the wind.” — Pope.
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To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.“Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears.” — Sidney.“An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it.” — Sir W. Scott.
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To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.“She was delivered safe and soon.” — Gower.“Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.” — Peacham.
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To discover; to show.[Poetic]“I 'll deliver Myself your loyal servant.” — Shak.
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To deliberate.[Obs.]
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To admit; to allow to pass.[Obs.]
Syn.
To Deliver, Give Forth, Discharge, Liberate, Pronounce, Utter.
Deliver denotes, literally, to set free. Hence the term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is made to pass from a confined state to one of greater freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the following examples: One who delivers a package gives it forth; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers a message or a discourse utters or pronounces it; when soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give it forth.