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deleting

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de⋅lete

  [di-leet]
–verb (used with object), -let⋅ed, -let⋅ing.
to strike out or remove (something written or printed); cancel; erase; expunge.
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Origin:
1485–95; < L dēlētus (ptp. of dēlēre to destroy), equiv. to dēl- destroy + -ē- thematic vowel + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
de⋅let⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
eradicate. See cancel.
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de·lete   (dĭ-lēt')   
tr.v.   de·let·ed, de·let·ing, de·letes
To remove by striking out or canceling: deleted some unnecessary words in the first draft. See Synonyms at erase.

[Latin dēlēre, dēlēt-, to wipe out.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

delete 
1495, from L. deletus, pp. of delere "destroy, blot out, efface," from delevi, originally perf. tense of delinere "to daub, erase by smudging," from de- "from, away" + linere "to smear, wipe."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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