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prose 1. deligation (del-i-ga's hon), n. [F. déligation = Sp. deligacion, Rather in these fractures do we use deligations with many rowlers, saith Albucasius. Wiseman , Surgery, vii. 1. delight (de-līt'), v . [A wrong spelling, in imi OF. delicieus , F. délicieux = Pr. delicios = Sp. Pg. delicioso = It. delizioso , deliciosus , delicious, delightful, deliciæ , delight: see deli cate .] 1. Pleasing in the highest degree; most sweet or grateful to the senses; affording exquisite pleasure: as, a delicious viand; a deli cio us odor; delicious fruit or wine. She [Venice] ministred unto me more variety of remarkable and delicious objects than mine eyes ever surveyed in any citie before.