delete

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 ]

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

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