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To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.

Capable of being blotted out or erased. "An impression easily deleble." Fuller.

Highly pleasing; delightful. Delectable both to behold and taste. Milton. -- De*lec"ta*ble*ness, n. -- De*lec"ta*bly, adv.

To delight; to charm. [R.]

Great pleasure; delight.

A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek. G. Eliot.

The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power. [Obs.] By way of delegacy or grand commission. Sir W. Raleigh.

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.] Court of delegates, formerly, the great court of appeal from the archbishops' courts and also from the court of admiralty. It is now abolis…

The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.

Holding a delegated position. Nash.

Things to be erased or blotted out.

Assuaging pain. [Obs.] Bailey.

To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit. I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. Aytoun.

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.

Destructive; poisonous. [Obs.] "Deletery medicines." Hudibras.

Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. Sir M. Hale.

Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper.

Adapted to destroy or obliterate. [R.] Evelyn.

That which blots out. [Obs.] "A deletory of sin." Jer. Taylor.

A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [Written also delft, and delve.] [Obs.] The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could . . . keep them dry. Ray.