deliver

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delivered p. pr. & vb. n. Delivering. ] [ F. délivrer, LL. deliberare to liberate, give over, fr. L. de + liberare to set free. See Liberate. ] 1. To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

2. To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into. [ 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 ]

3. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart. [ 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 ]

4. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball. [ 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 ]

5. To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of. [ 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 ]

6. To discover; to show. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll deliver
Myself your loyal servant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To deliberate. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To admit; to allow to pass. [ Obs. ] Bacon.

Syn. -- To Deliver, Give Forth, Discharge, Liberate, Pronounce, Utter. Deliver denotes, literally, to set free. Hence the term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is made to pass from a confined state to one of greater freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the following examples: One who delivers a package gives it forth; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers a message or a discourse utters or pronounces it; when soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give it forth. [ 1913 Webster ]