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deliver [ de·liv·er ]

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US
dɪˈlɪvər ]
[
UK
dɪˈlɪvə(r) ]
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Verb

1. Bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or goods) to the proper recipient or address.

we'll deliver direct to your door

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2. Provide (something promised or expected)

People expect us to deliver on our election promises.

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3. Formally hand over (someone)

there was a reward if you were delivered unharmed to the nearest British post

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4. (deliver someone/something up) Surrender someone or something.

had he feared she would deliver him up to the police?

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5. Acknowledge that one intends to be bound by (a deed), either explicitly by declaration or implicitly by formal handover.

It is no doubt true that a deed may be delivered on a condition that it is not to be operative until some event happens or some condition is performed.

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6. Launch or aim (a blow, ball, or attack)

He is quick to the ball and delivers a quality blow.

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7. State in a formal manner.

he delivered himself of a sermon

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8. (of a judge or court) give (a judgement or verdict)

the court was due to deliver its verdict

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9. Assist in the birth of.

the village midwife delivered the baby

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10. Give birth to.

the number of women delivering their babies in hospitals increased

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11. Assist (a woman) in giving birth.

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24 p.m.

12. (deliver someone/something from) Save, rescue, or set someone or something free from.

The UN Charter spoke of delivering the world from the scourge of war - we never learn.

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Origin

1. Middle English from Old French delivrer, based on Latin de- ‘away’ + liberare ‘set free’.

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