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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DELIVER, v.t. [L. Free, disengaged; to free, to peel.]
1. To free; to release, as from restraint; to set at liberty; as, to deliver one from captivity.
2. To rescue, or save.
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked. Psa
71:4.
3. To give, or transfer; to put into anothers hand or power; to commit; to pass from one to another.
Thou shalt deliver Pharoahs cup into his hand. Gen
40:11
So we say, to deliver goods to a carrier; to deliver a letter; to deliver possession of an estate.
4. To surrender; to yield; to give up; to resign; as, to deliver a fortress to an enemy. It is often followed by up; as, to deliver up the city; to deliver up stolen goods.
Th exalted mind
All sense of woe delivers to the wind.
5. To disbuden of a child.
6. To utter; to pronounce; to speak; to send forth in words; as, to deliver a sermon, an address, or an oration.
7. To exert in motion.
To deliver to the wind, to cast away; to reject.
To deliver over, to transfer; to give or pass from one to another; as, to deliver over goods to another.
2. To surrender or resign; to put into anothers power; to commit to the discretion of; to abandon to.
Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies. Psalms 27.
To deliver up, to give up; to surrender.
DELIVER, a. Free; nimble.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" [syn: deliver, present]
2: bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers"
3: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" [syn: hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, deliver, render]
4: free from harm or evil [syn: rescue, deliver]
5: hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there" [syn: extradite, deliver, deport]
6: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn: render, deliver, return]
7: utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy"
8: save from sins [syn: deliver, redeem, save]
9: carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left" [syn: deliver, drive home]
10: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender, cede, deliver, give up]
11: throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball" [syn: deliver, pitch]
12: cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" [syn: give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have]

Merriam Webster's

verb (delivered; delivering) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French deliverer, delivrer, from Late Latin deliberare, from Latin de- + liberare to liberate Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to set free <and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil — Matthew
6:13(Authorized Version)> 2. a. to take and hand over to or leave for another ; convey <deliver a package> b. hand over, surrender <delivered the prisoners to the sheriff> <delivered themselves over to God> 3. a. (1) to assist in giving birth (2) to aid in the birth of b. to give birth to c. to cause (oneself) to produce as if by giving birth <has delivered himself of half an autobiography — H. C. Schonberg> 4. speak, sing, utter <delivered their lines with style> <deliver a song> <deliver a speech> 5. to send (something aimed or guided) to an intended target or destination <ability to deliver nuclear warheads> <delivered a fastball> 6. a. to bring (as votes) to the support of a candidate or cause b. to come through with ; produce <can deliver the best results> <the new car delivers high gas mileage> intransitive verb to produce the promised, desired, or expected results ; come through <can't deliver on all these promises> Synonyms: see rescue • deliverability noun • deliverable adjective • deliverer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 a distribute (letters, parcels, ordered goods, etc.) to the addressee or the purchaser. b (often foll. by to) hand over (delivered the boy safely to his teacher). 2 (often foll. by from) save, rescue, or set free (delivered him from his enemies). 3 a give birth to (delivered a girl). b (in passive; often foll. by of) give birth (was delivered of a child). c assist at the birth of (delivered six babies that week). d assist in giving birth (delivered the patient successfully). 4 a (often refl.) utter or recite (an opinion, a speech, etc.) (delivered himself of the observation; delivered the sermon well). b (of a judge) pronounce (a judgement). 5 (often foll. by up, over) abandon; resign; hand over (delivered his soul up to God). 6 present or render (an account). 7 launch or aim (a blow, a ball, or an attack). 8 Law hand over formally (esp. a sealed deed to a grantee). 9 colloq. = deliver the goods. 10 US cause (voters etc.) to support a candidate. Phrases and idioms: deliver the goods colloq. carry out one's part of an agreement. Derivatives: deliverable adj. deliverer n. Etymology: ME f. OF delivrer f. Gallo-Roman (as DE-, LIBERATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Deliver De*liv"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Delivering.] [F. d['e]livrer, 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. He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. --Ezek. xxxiii. 5. Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver. --Milton. 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. Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. --Gen. xl. 13. The constables have delivered her over. --Shak. The exalted mind All sense of woe delivers to the wind. --Pope. 3. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart. Till he these words to him deliver might. --Spenser. Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection. --Bacon. 4. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball. Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears. --Sidney. An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. --Sir W. Scott. 5. To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of. She was delivered safe and soon. --Gower. Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones. --Peacham. 6. To discover; to show. [Poetic] I 'll deliver Myself your loyal servant. --Shak. 7. To deliberate. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 8. To admit; to allow to pass. [Obs.] --Bacon. Syn: To Deliver, Give Forth, Discharge, Liberate, Pronounce, Utter. Usage: 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Deliver De*liv"er, a. [OF. delivre free, unfettered. See Deliver, v. t.] Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.] Wonderly deliver and great of strength. --Chaucer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(delivers, delivering, delivered) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you deliver something somewhere, you take it there. The Canadians plan to deliver more food to southern Somalia... The spy returned to deliver a second batch of classified documents... VERB: V n to n, V n 2. If you deliver something that you have promised to do, make, or produce, you do, make, or produce it. They have yet to show that they can really deliver working technologies... We don't promise what we can't deliver. VERB: V n, V 3. If you deliver a person or thing into someone's care, you give them responsibility for that person or thing. (FORMAL) Mrs Montgomery was delivered into Mr Hinchcliffe's care... David delivered Holly gratefully into the woman's outstretched arms... = hand over VERB: be V-ed into/to n, V n into/to n 4. If you deliver a lecture or speech, you give it in public. (FORMAL) The president will deliver a speech about schools... VERB: V n 5. When someone delivers a baby, they help the woman who is giving birth to the baby. Her husband had to deliver the baby himself. VERB: V n 6. If someone delivers a blow to someone else, they hit them. (WRITTEN) Those blows to the head could have been delivered by a woman. VERB: be V-ed, also V n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

de-liv'-er (natsal, nathan; rhuomai, paradidomi): Occurs very frequently in the Old Testament and represents various Hebrew terms.

The English word is used in two senses,

(1) "to set free," etc.,

(2) "to give up or over."

(1) The word most often translated "deliver" in the first sense is natsal, meaning originally, perhaps, "to draw out." It is used of all kinds of deliverance (Ge 32:11; Ps 25:20; 143:9, etc.; Jer 7:10; Eze 3:19, etc.; Ze 1:18, etc.). The Aramaic netsal occurs in Da 3:29; 6:14; 8:4,7; yasha`, "to save," in Jud 3:9,31 the King James Version, etc. ; malaT, "to let or cause to escape," in Isa 46:2, "recover," etc. In the New Testament rhuomai, "to rescue," is most frequently translated "deliver" in this sense (Mt 6:13 the King James Version, "Deliver us from evil"); katargeo, "to make useless" or "without effect" (Ro 7:6 the Revised Version (British and American), "discharged"). In the New Testament "save" takes largely the place of "deliver" in the Old Testament, and the idea is raised to the spiritual and eternal.

(2) For "deliver" in the sense of "give over, up," etc., the most frequent word is nathan, the common word for "to give" (Ge 32:16; 40:13 the King James Version; Ex 5:18). Other words are maghan (Ho 11:8, the King James Version and the English Revised Version "How shall I deliver thee Israel?" i. e. "How shall I give thee up?" as in the first clause of the verse, with a different word (nathan), the American Standard Revised Version "How shall I cast thee off?"), yehabh, Aramaic (Ezr 5:14). In the New Testament paradidomi, "to give over to," is most frequent (Mt 5:25; 11:27, "All things have been delivered (given or made over) unto me of my Father"; Mr 7:13; Lu 1:2; 1Ti 1:20, etc.); charizomai, "to grant as a favor" (Ac 25:11,16 the King James Version).

(3) Yaladh, "to bring forth," is also rendered "deliver" in the sense of childbirth (Ge 25:24; Ex 1:19, etc.). In the New Testament this sense is borne by tikto (Lu 1:57; 2:6; Re 12:2,4), and gennao (Joh 16:21).

In the Revised Version (British and American) there are many changes, such as, for "deliver," "restore" (Ge 37:22; 40:13; Ex 22:26; De 24:13); for "delivered," "defended" (1Ch 11:14); for "cannot deliver thee," "neither .... turn thee aside" (Job 36:18); for "betray," "betrayed" we have "deliver," "delivered up," etc. (Mt 10:4 margin; Mr 13:12; 14:10 f; Lu 21:16); for "delivered into chains," "committed to pits" (2Pe 2:4, margin "some ancient authorities read chains"; compare The Wisdom of Solomon 17:17); "Deliver us from evil," omitted in Lu 11:4, margin "Many ancient authorities add but deliver us from the evil one (or, from evil)." W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Liberate, release, free, emancipate, set free, set at liberty. 2. Rescue, save, extricate, redeem. 3. Commit, transfer, give, hand over, pass over, make over. 4. Yield, cede, grant, surrender, relinquish, resign, give up. 5. Pronounce, utter, speak, declare, promulgate. 6. Discharge, deal, give forth.

Moby Thesaurus

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