delate verb trans. [dɪ'leɪt] arch. L15.
[Latin delat- stem of functional pa. pple of deferre: see DEFER verb², -ATE³.]
1. Hand down or over; refer (a matter, to a person). L15-M19.

2. Relate, report, (esp. an offence). L15.

3. Accuse, impeach; denounce to a tribunal, esp. (Hist.) that of the Scottish civil and ecclesiastical courts. E16.

4. = DEFER verb² 3. M16-L19.

5. Carry down or away, convey. L16-E17.

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