[dee-lee] 
verb, de⋅led, de⋅le⋅ing, noun Printing.| 1. | to delete. |
| 2. | a mark, as  or  , used to indicate matter to be deleted. |
| de·le (dē'lē) n. A sign indicating that something is to be removed from printed or written matter. tr.v. de·led, de·le·ing, de·les
[Latin dēlē, second person sing. imperative of dēlēre, to delete.] |
| dele delete |