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  • 31deliver*/*/*/ — [dɪˈlɪvə] verb 1) [T] to take something such as goods or letters to a place and give them to someone I can deliver the letter this afternoon.[/ex] You can have groceries delivered to your door.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to do something that you have promised …

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  • 32deliver — de•liv•er [[t]dɪˈlɪv ər[/t]] v. t. 1) to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients 2) to give into another s possession or keeping; hand over; surrender: to deliver a prisoner to the police[/ex] 3) to… …

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  • 33deliver — 1. To assist a woman in childbirth. 2. To extract from an enclosed place, as the fetus from the womb, an object or foreign body, e.g., a tumor from its capsule or surroundings, or the lens of the eye in cases of cataract. [fr. O. Fr. fr. L. de +… …

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  • 34deliver — verb 1》 bring and hand over (a letter or goods) to the appropriate recipient.     ↘formally hand over (someone). 2》 provide (something promised or expected).     ↘Law acknowledge that one intends to be bound by (a deed), either explicitly by… …

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  • 35deliver — verb 1) the parcel was delivered to his house Syn: bring, take, convey, carry, transport, courier; send, dispatch, remit 2) the money was delivered up to the official Syn: hand over, turn over …

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  • 36deliver up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms deliver up : present tense I/you/we/they deliver up he/she/it delivers up present participle delivering up past tense delivered up past participle delivered up formal to give something to someone officially… …

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  • 37deliver —   Hā awi, lawe, ho opakele.    ♦ To deliver a child, pale, pale keiki, ho ohānau.    ♦ Deliver us from evil (Mat. 6:13), ho opakele nona e iā mākou i ka ino …

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  • 38deliver — v.tr. 1 a distribute (letters, parcels, ordered goods, etc.) to the addressee or the purchaser. b (often foll. by to) hand over (delivered the boy safely to his teacher). 2 (often foll. by from) save, rescue, or set free (delivered him from his… …

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  • 39deliver up — de ˌliver ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they deliver up he/she/it delivers up present participle delivering up …

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  • 40deliver — verb a) To set free. deliver a captive from the prison b) To give birth. she delivered a baby boy yesterday …

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