verb (used with object), de·lat·ed, de·lat·ing.
1.
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
2.
Archaic. to relate; report: to delate an offense.
Origin:
1505–15; < Latin dēlātus (suppletive past participle of dēferre to bring down, report, accuse), equivalent to dē- de- + lā- carry (past participle stem of ferre) + -tus past participle suffix
1505–15; < Latin dēlātus (suppletive past participle of dēferre to bring down, report, accuse), equivalent to dē- de- + lā- carry (past participle stem of ferre) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
de·la·tion, noun
de·la·tor, de·lat·er, noun
əˈtɔr
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (formerly) to bring a charge against; denounce; impeach |
| 2. | rare to report (an offence, etc) |
| 3. | obsolete to make known or public |
| [C16: from Latin dēlātus, from dēferre to bring down, report, indict, from | |
| de'lation | |
| —n | |
| de'lator | |
| —n | |
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