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delivre

delivre is the obsolete form of delivery.

delivre is the archaic form of deliver.

Meaning of delivery

Noun

delivery (countable and uncountable, plural deliveries)

  1. The act of conveying something.
    • The delivery was completed by four.
  2. The item which has been conveyed.
    • Your delivery is on the table.
    Synonyms:
    consignment
  3. The act or process of a mother giving birth.
    • Near-synonyms: childbirth, parturition
  4. A pitching motion.
    • His delivery has a catch in it.
  5. A thrown pitch.
    • Here is the delivery; ... strike three!
  6. The manner of speaking or singing.
    • The actor's delivery was flawless.

See all 11 meanings of delivery

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 delivre

Noun
pluraldelivres
Verb
third-person singular presentdelivres
present participledelivring
past participledelivred
pastdelivred

Questions about delivre

What is delivre the obsolete form of?
Delivre is the obsolete form of delivery.

Words near delivre in the dictionary

  1. deliverywomen
  2. delivr'd
  3. delivrance
  4. delivrances
  5. delivraunce
  6. delivre
  7. delivred
  8. delivres
  9. delivring
  10. Deliz
  11. Delizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: delivre (page history and authors); delivery (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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