To bring or transport to the proper place or recipient; distribute: deliver groceries; deliver the mail.
To surrender (someone or something) to another; hand over: delivered the criminal to the police.
To secure (something promised or desired), as for a candidate or political party: campaign workers who delivered the ward for the mayor.
To throw or hurl: The pitcher delivered the ball.
To strike (a blow).
To express in words; declare or utter: deliver a lecture.
To give birth to: She delivered a baby boy this morning.
To assist (a woman) in giving birth: The doctor delivered her of twins.
To assist or aid in the birth of: The midwife delivered the baby.
To give forth or produce: The oil well delivered only 50 barrels a day.
To set free, as from misery, peril, or evil: deliver a captive from slavery. See Synonyms at save1.
v.
intr.
To produce or achieve what is desired or expected; make good: The senator delivered on her pledge. He is a manager who just can't seem to deliver.
To give birth: She expects to deliver in late August.
[Middle English deliveren, from Old French delivrer, from Late Latin dēlīberāre : Latin dē-, de- + līberāre, to free (from līber, free; see leudh- in Indo-European roots).]
de·liv'er·a·bil'i·ty n., de·liv'er·a·ble adj., de·liv'er·er n.
c.1225, from O.Fr. delivrer, from L.L. deliberare, from L. de- "away" + liberare "to free" (see deliberate). Sense of "hand over" is c.1280, which brings it in opposition to its root. Meaning "bring to childbirth" (unburden) is c.1300; that of "project, throw" is 1597. Delivery "manner of utterance" is from 1667.
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
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]
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.
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.
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