deliver1 (deliver)

[ The noyse of foul is for to ben delyrered So loude ronge, "Have don and let us wende." Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 491. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked. Ps. lxxi. 4. Ye mages trats used them courteously, and shewed them what favour they could; but could not deliver them, till order came from ye Counsell-table. Bradford , Plymouth Plantation, p. 12. 2. To give or hand over; transfer; put into another's po e ion or power; commit; pa to another: as, to deliver a letter. And thanne the Delyved to every Pylgryme a candyll of wax brennyng in his honde. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 25. They were to haue none other commi ion, or author i tie, but onely to deliver their Emperours letter vnto the Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 70. Gen. xl. 13. Pope. Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. 3. To surrender; yield; give up: as, to deliver a fortre to an enemy: often followed by up, and sometimes by over: as, to deliver up the city; to deliver up stolen goods; to deliver over money held in trust. Deliver up their children to the famine. Jer. xviii. 21. The constables have delivered her over to me. IMG:content-2302.png:[blocks in formation] 5. To discharge; cast; strike; fire: as, he de livered the blow straight from the shoulder; to deliver a broadside. An uninstructed bowler. thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon it. Scott. He'll keep clear of my cast, my logic-throw, Let argument slide, and then deliver swift Some bowl from quite an ungue ed point of stand Having the luck o' the last word, the reply! Browning , Ring and Book, II. 71. Exposed to the fire of the two gun-boats, which was de livered with vigor and effect. U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, I. 367. Other shorter swords seem to have been used like a fal chi on only for delivering a chopping blow, as they have only one edge. C. T. Newton, Art and Archæol., p. 278. 6t. To make known; impart, as information. Wel , Oh, I came not there to-night. Bob . Your brother delivered us as much. B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, iii. 1. Will you deliver how This dead queen re-lives? Shak ., Pericles, v. 3. That mummy is medicinal, the Arabian Doctor Haly deliver eth, and divers confirım. Sir T. Browne, Mummies. deliver 7. To utter, pronounce, or articulate, as words; produce, as tones in singing; enunciate formally, as before an a emblage: as, to deliver an oration; he delivered the notes badly. The vowell is alwayes more easily delivered then the consonant. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 101. Both the Oracles of Delphos and Sibillas prophecies were wholly delivered in verses. Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. To deliver battle, to deliver an attack, to give battle; attack an enemy. Ma éna delivered two battles at Fuentes de Onoro. Pop . Encyc . =Syn. 1. To set free, liberate, extricate. - 3. To cede, grant, relinquish, give up.-7. Pronounce, etc. See utter. II. in trans. In molding, to leave the mold easily. Thus, plaster-of-Paris molds in potteries are often left unoiled so as to absorb the water freely from the clay, which will then deliver. Molds for plaster casts deliver2 (de-liv'er), a. [ Of his stature he was of evene leng the, And wonderly delyvere , and gret of str eng the. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 84. Having chosen his soldiers, of nimble, leane, and deliver Holinshed. men. soon Pyrocles, of a more fine and deliver strength, watching his time when to give fit thrusts, would have made an end of Anaxius. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. deliver3t, v. i. See deliber . Chaucer . deliverable (de-liv'er-a-bl), a . [ deliver1 + -able.] That may be or is to be delivered. deliverance (de-liv'er-ans), n . [ deliver a unce , delivrance (F. déli IMG:content-2303.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2304.png:[ocr errors] = It. deliberanza ), release or rescue, as from captivity, oppre ion, danger, or evil of any kind. In hir standeth all your deliverance , Or elles your deth without doubt any. Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1863. God sent me to save your lives by a great deliver ance. .. Gen. xlv. 7. IMG:content-2305.png:[blocks in formation] Hence-4. The act of disburdening of anything; especially, the act of disburdening the mind by uttering one's thoughts. A ume that you are saying precisely that which all think, and in the flow of wit and love roll out your paradoxes in solid column, with not the infirmity of a doubt. So at least shall you get an adequate deliverance. Emerson, E ays, 1st ser., p. 217. 5. The act of giving or transferring from one to another.-6. Utterance; declaration; also, a particular statement, especially of opinion; specifically, an authoritative or official utterance by speech or writing; a decision in a controversy. You have it from his own deliverance . Shak ., All's Well, ii. 5. To be of any use in the controversy, then, the immediate deliverance of my consciousne must be competent to a ure me of the non-existence of something which by hypothesis is not in my consciousne . W. K. Clifford, Lectures, II. 162. Indeed, so ince ant and persistent have been the deliverances of their lordships upon the subject, that it might almost seem as though a bishop would have considered himself lacking in duty if he had omitted any opportunity of sounding the note of alarm. Brit . Quarterly Rev., LXXXIII. 99. 7. In Scots law , the expre ed decision of a judge or an arbitrator, interim or final. When interim, it is technically called an interlocutor . deliverer (dē-liv'er-ér), n. [ delyverer ; deliver + -er1.] 1. One who delivers, rescues, or sets free; a savior or preserver. The Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel. Judges iii. 9. 2. One who delivers by transferring or handing over: as, a deliverer of parcels or letters.3t. One who declares or communicates. IMG:content-2306.png:[blocks in formation] country men when they beseiged it. the deliver e of the towne from our Evelyn, Memoirs, April 21, 1644. 1519 deliverly (de-liv'er-li), adv. [ Whan Gaheries saugh his brother Gawein, he lepte vpon his feet, and sette on his heed his hatte delyuerly, and hente a-gein his swerde, and appareilede hym to diffende. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 196. Where be your ribbands, maids? swim with your bodies, And carry it sweetly and deliverly . Fletcher (and another ), Two Noble Kinsmen, iii. 5. Every time we say a thing in conversation, we get a mechanical advantage in detaching it well and deliverly . Emerson, Clubs. [ delyver Agility; nim