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{ } n. [ F. bandelette, dim. of bande. See Band, n., and cf. Bendlet. ] (Arch.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring, and usually at the top of the column; an annulet. Gwilt.
Syn. -- annulet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

imperative sing. of L. delere to destroy. [ Cf. Delete. ] (Print.) Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: &deletemark_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deled p. pr. & vb. n. Deleing. ] [ From the preceding word. ] (Print.) To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Deal. ] To deal; to divide; to distribute. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. delebilis. See 1st Dele. ] Capable of being blotted out or erased. “An impression easily deleble.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. delitable, OF. delitable, F. délectable, fr. L. delectabilis, fr. delectare to delight. See Delight. ] 1. Highly pleasing; delightful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delectable both to behold and taste. Milton.

2. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; same as luscious, 1.
Syn. -- delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

-- De*lec"ta*ble*ness, n. -- De*lec"ta*bly, adv. -- De*lec`ta*bil"i*ty, n. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ L. delectatus, p. p. of delectare. See Delight. ] To delight; to charm. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. delectatio: cf. F. délectation. ] Great pleasure; delight. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., selection, from deligere, delectum, to select. ] A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Delegate, a. ] 1. The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By way of delegacy or grand commission. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. delegatus, p. p. of delegare to send, delegate; de- + legare to send with a commission, to depute. See Legate. ] 1. Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting. (b) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Court of delegates, formerly, the great court of appeal from the archbishops' courts and also from the court of admiralty. It is now abolished, and the privy council is the immediate court of appeal in such cases. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. delegatus, p. p. ] Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge. “Delegate power.” Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delegated p. pr. & vb. n. Delegating ] 1. To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The delegated administration of the law. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delegated executive power. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

The power exercised by the legislature is the people's power, delegated by the people to the legislative. J. B. Finch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act or process of authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.
Syn. -- delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. delegatio: cf. F. délégation. ] 1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Rom. Law) A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him. Pothier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. delegatorius pert. to an assignment. ] Holding a delegated position. Nash. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. delere to destroy. ] Things to be erased or blotted out. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. delenificus; delenire to soothe + facere to make. See Lenient. ] Assuaging pain. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deleting. ] [ L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st Dele. ] To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. Aytoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. dhlhth`rios, fr. dhlei^sqai to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L. delere to destroy. ] Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. deleterius: cf. F. délétère. ] Destructive; poisonous. [ Obs. ] “Deletery medicines.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which destroys. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ the Scriptures ] are the only deletery of heresies. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deletio, fr. delere. See Delete. ] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deleticius. ] Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adapted to destroy or obliterate. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Delete. ] That which blots out. [ Obs. ] “A deletory of sin.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not liable to fade; unfading. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a guide. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Gondola. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable. [ R. ] Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Dmitri Mendeleyev, discoverer of the periodic law. ] (Chem.) an unstable radioactive element discovered in 1955 and produced artificially only in very small quantities; symbol Md (also Mv). It is a transuranic element with atomic number 101. Isotopes 255, 256, 257, and 258 have been prepared. Md²⁵⁸, the longest-lived, has a half-life of two months. HCP61 [ PJC ]

adj. resembling sculpture; as, her finely modeled features.
Syn. -- sculptural, sculptured, sculpturesque. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. [ Written also modeller. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little or short ode. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without pride. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without rede or counsel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. So named after William Rondelet, a French naturalist. ] (Bot.) A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being without shade; not shaded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To appoint to act as subdelegate, or as a subordinate; to depete. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no tide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no trade or traffic. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

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