Delectation

[Fr.; Lat. delectatio.] Great pleasure; lively gratification; delight. "Tears of joy and delectation ." - Sir T. More. Delegate, v . a . [Lat. dele go, delegatus-de, and lego, to send as envoy.] To send with power to transact busine , as a representative; to commi ion; to depute. To intrust; to commit; to deliver to another's care and exercise; as, to delegate authority. -n. A person sent and commi ioned by another or others to act as his or their representative; a representative; a deputy; a commi ioner; a substitute; one sent to act as agent for another or others. ( U. S. Law .) A person elected to an occasional a embly, such as conventions and the like. - One elected by the people of an organized territory of the U. States, to Congre , where he has the right of debating, but not of voting. -a. [Lat. delegatus.] Deputed; sent with a trust or commi ion to act for another; as, " delegate judges." Delegation, n. [Fr. délégation ; Lat. deligatio .] Act of delegating; appointment of a delegate or deputy.Persons delegated; a commi ion; deputation. (Civil Law .) The act by which a debtor transfers to another person the duty to pay, or a creditor makes over to a third party the right to receive, payment. See NOVATION. Delen'da, n . pl . [From Lat. delere , to blot out.] Things requiring to be erased or expunged. Dele e/ria, n . [Named after Baron Dele ert , of Paris.] ( Bot .) A genus of marine plants, order Ceramiaceæ . It is IMG:content-0548.jpg:[graphic] Fig . 789.-DELES SER I A SANGUINE A. one of the most beautiful genera of the Algæ, and contains about a dozen species which inhabit the temperate and warm zones of both hemispheres. Delete', v . a . [Lat. deleo, deletum . See ABOLISH.] To Delete/rio us, a . [Gr. dēlētērio us , from deleomai , to hurt, to injure, allied to Sansk. dal , to be cut.] Destructive; pernicious; poisonous; having the property of destroying life; as, a deleterious drug. efface; to erase; to blot out; to expunge.