deliverable

[English deliver; -able.] Capable of being delivered. dě-liv-er-ançe, *de-liv-er-aunce, *de-lyver-aunce, s. [Fr délivrance.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of setting free, releasing, or liberating. "God let sende Moises to make the deliver a unce." Gower, ii. 182. rescue. 2. The act of saving or rescuing from danger; 3. The state of being saved, rescued, or delivered from danger. "Dionysius describes the joy of the Romans at this unexpected deliverance from imminent danger as un. bounded."-Lewis: Cred. Early Roman Hist . (1855), ch. xii., pt. ii., § 22. *4. The act of handing over or delivering to another. *5. The act of speaking, uttering, or pronouncing. "And at each word's deliverance Stab poniards in our flesh." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. III . , ii. 1, *6. An utterance; a declaration; a statement. "You have it from his own deliverance ."- Shakesp .: All's Well , ii. 5. *7. The act of bringing forth children. "Ne'er mother Rejoic'd deliverance more." Shakesp.: Cymbeline, v. 5. In the last four meanings delivery is now used. *8. Deliberation, consultation. "Thir no vill is maid the Faderis sa astonist, that thay us it the samen deliverance that thay us it in extreme nece ite."-Bellenden: T. Liv ., p. 212. *9. Determination, sentence. "Both parties were comp rom it by their oaths to stand at the deliverance of the arbitrators chosen by them both." -Pit scottie (ed. 1728), p. 14. II. Law : 1. Eng .: The acquittal of a prisoner by the verdict of a jury. 2. Scots Law : The decision of a judge or arbitrator. Crabb thus discriminates between deliverance and delivery : "Deliverance and delivery are drawn from the same verb to expre its different senses of taking from or giving to; the former denotes the taking something from one's self; the latter implies giving something to another. To wish for a deliv erance from that which is hurtful or painful is to a certain extent justifiable: the careful delivery of property into the hands of the owner will be the first object of concern with a faithful agent." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) dě-liv-ered (1), pa . par . or a . [DELIVER (1), v.] *dě-liv-ered (2), *dě-liv-er-It, pa . par . or a. [DELIVER (2), v .] Determined, resolved. "In sa fer as per tenes to me, I am deliver it to departe hastelie of your ciete, and to returne hame."-- Bellenden : T. Liv ., p. 194.