*dela*

‖n. [ Sp., prop. p. of adelantar to advance, to promote. ] A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; not manifest + &unr_; a star. ] (Bot.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F. ] Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bourdelais, prob. fr. bordelais. See Bordelais. ] A sort of grape. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
Syn. -- candle, cd, standard candle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a branched, ornamental candlestick having several sockets for candles.
Syn. -- candelabrum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a branched, ornamental electric light fixture, resembling an candelabra[ wn1 ], having several sockets for lights.
Syn. -- candelabrum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n.; pl. L. Candelabra E. Candelabrums [ L., fr. candela candle. See candle. ] 1. (Antiq.) (a) A lamp stand of any sort. (b) A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A large candlestick, having several branches; also called candelabra. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. delacerare, delaceratum, to tear in pieces. See Lacerate. ] A tearing in pieces. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. delacrimatio, fr. delacrimare to weep. See Lachrymation. ] An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. de- + L. lactare to suck milk, from lac milk. ] The act of weaning. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Muslin delaine, under Muslin. ] A kind of fabric for women's dresses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Formation and separation of laminæ or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This process consists of a concentric splitting of the cells of the blastosphere into an outer layer (epiblast) and an inner layer (hypoblast). By the perforation of the resultant two-walled vesicle, a gastrula results similar to that formed by the process of invagination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Delapsion. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Delapsed p. pr. & vb. n. Delapsing. ] [ L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall down; de- + labi to fall or side. ] To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. delassare, delassatum, to tire out; de- + lassare to tire. ] Fatigue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Able to continue without delassation. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delating. ] [ L. delatus, used as p. p. of deferre. See Tolerate, and cf. 3d Defer, Delay, v. ] [ Obs. or Archaic ] 1. To carry; to convey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry abroad; to spread; to make public. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the crime is delated or notorious. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce. [ 1913 Webster ]

As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To carry on; to conduct. Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dilate. [ Obs. ] Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. delatio accusation: cf. F. délation. ] 1. Conveyance. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In delation of sounds, the inclosure of them preserveth them. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Accusation by an informer. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] An accuser; an informer. [ R. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. one of the thirteen original states of the United States of America. [ PJC ]

2. (Bot.) An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a resident of Delaware.
Syn. -- Delawarian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl.; sing. Delaware. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a resident of Delaware.
Syn. -- Delawarean. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Delays [ F. délai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See Tolerate, and cf. Differ, Delay, v. ] A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. Acts xxv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delayed p. pr. & vb. n. Delaying. ] [ OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun délai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See Delay, n., and cf. Delate, 1st Defer, Dilate. ] 1. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. [ 1913 Webster ]

My lord delayeth his coming. Matt. xxiv. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed
The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To allay; to temper. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The watery showers delay the raging wind. Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. [ 1913 Webster ]

There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who delays; one who lingers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By delays. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hindrance. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of mandelic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. rondelet, dim. of rondel. See Roundel, Roundeau, and cf. Roundlet, Rundlet. ] 1. (Poetry) See Rondeau, and Rondel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) (a) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively. Spenser. Tennyson. (b) A dance in a circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything having a round form; a roundel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Accusation of one's self. [ R. ] Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Land that is overflowed by tide water; hence, land near the sea. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]