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de⋅liv⋅er

  [di-liv-er]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients: to deliver mail; to deliver a package.
2. to give into another's possession or keeping; surrender: to deliver a prisoner to the police; to deliver a bond.
3. to bring (votes) to the support of a candidate or a cause.
4. to give forth in words; utter or pronounce: to deliver a verdict; to deliver a speech.
5. to give forth or emit: The oil well delivers 500 barrels a day.
6. to strike or throw: to deliver a blow.
7. to set free or liberate: The Israelites were delivered from bondage.
8. to release or save: Deliver me from such tiresome people!
9. to assist (a female) in bringing forth young: The doctor delivered her of twins.
10. to assist at the birth of: The doctor delivered the baby.
11. to give birth to: She delivered twins at 4 a.m.
12. to disburden (oneself) of thoughts, opinions, etc.
13. to make known; assert.
–verb (used without object)
14. to give birth.
15. to provide a delivery service for goods and products: The store delivers free of charge.
16. to do or carry out as promised: an ad agency known for delivering when a successful campaign is needed.
–adjective
17. Archaic. agile; quick.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME delivren < OF delivrer < LL dēlīberāre to set free, equiv. to dē- de- + līberāre to liberate

Related forms:
de⋅liv⋅er⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. hand over, transfer, cede, yield. 4. communicate, announce, proclaim, publish. 7. emancipate, release. 8. redeem, rescue.

Antonyms:
7. confine.
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Financial Dictionary

deliver

To relinquish possession of a security for transfer to another party.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: de·liv·er
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -ered; -er·ing
: to transfer possession of (property) to another : put into the possession or exclusive control of another delivered to be effective —W. M. McGovern, Junior et al.> —see also GIFT —compare BAIL, CONVEY, DONATE, GIVE, SELL —de·liv·er·able adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: de·liv·er
Pronunciation: di-'liv-&r
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: de·liv·ered;de·liv·er·ing /-(&-)ri[ng]/
Function: transitive verb
1 a : to assist (a parturient female) in giving birth delivered of a fine boy> b : to aid in the birth of deliver a child with forceps>
2 : to give birth todelivered a pair of healthy twins after a short labor> deliver intransitive senses
: to give birth to offspring deliver prematurely present special problems>
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Medical Dictionary

deliver de·liv·er (dĭ-lĭv'ər)
v. de·liv·ered, de·liv·er·ing, de·liv·ers

  1. To assist a woman in giving birth to a baby.

  2. To extract something from an enclosed place, as a foreign body or a tumor.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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