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deliever

deliever is the obsolete form of deliver.

Meaning of deliver

Verb

deliver (third-person singular simple present delivers, present participle delivering, simple past and past participle delivered)

  1. To set free from restraint or danger.
    • The hostage was delivered from her captors and thus preserved from any danger.
  2. (process) To assist in the birth of.
    • the doctor delivered the baby
  3. (formal, process) To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
    • the duchess was delivered of a son
  4. (process) To give birth to.
    • she delivered a baby boy yesterday
  5. To free from or disburden of anything.
    • Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.1622, Henry Peacham, The Compleat Gentleman
  6. To bring or transport something to its destination.
    • deliver a package

See all 13 meanings of deliver

Forms of deliever

third-person singular presentdelievers
present participledelievering
past participledelievered
pastdelievered
past participledeliever'd
pastdeliever'd

Questions about deliever

What is deliever the obsolete form of?
Deliever is the obsolete form of deliver.

Words near deliever in the dictionary

  1. delidded
  2. delidding
  3. delids
  4. delie
  5. deliensite
  6. deliever
  7. deligate
  8. deligated
  9. deligating
  10. deligation
  11. deligations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deliever (page history and authors); deliver (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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