v. t.
He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. Ezek. xxxiii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
Promise was that I
Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. Gen. xl. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
The constables have delivered her over. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The exalted mind
All sense of woe delivers to the wind. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Till he these words to him deliver might. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
She was delivered safe and soon. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]
I 'll deliver
Myself your loyal servant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. delivre free, unfettered. See Deliver, v. t. ] Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Wonderly deliver and great of strength. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. délivrance, fr. délivrer. ]
He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke iv. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]
One death or one deliverance we will share. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word more commonly used. [ 1913 Webster ]
I do desire deliverance from these officers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. A female deliverer. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Actively; quickly; nimbly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Swim with your bodies,
And carry it sweetly and deliverly. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Nimbleness; agility. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Neater limbs and freer delivery. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. A second deliverance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
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