dele

Definitions

1. 1.Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: .
2. 2.To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.
3. 3.To deal; to divide; to distribute. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is dele.

• What is erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: called?
• What is to erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission called?
• What is to deal; to divide; to distribute. [Obs.] Chaucer called?