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de⋅late

   [di-leyt]
–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
1. Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
2. Archaic. to relate; report: to delate an offense.
Origin:
1505–15; < L dēlātus (suppletive ptp. of dēferre to bring down, report, accuse), equiv. to dē- de- + lā- carry (ptp. s. of ferre) + -tus ptp. suffix
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