deliver
To set free from restraint or danger.
Verb 4 meanings
To set free from restraint or danger.
“The hostage was delivered from her captors and thus preserved from any danger.”
Senses having to do with birth.
“the doctor delivered the baby”
To free from or disburden of anything.
To bring or transport something to its destination.
“deliver a package”
Etymology
From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”). Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede).
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DELIVER at a glance
DELIVER has 7 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + L 1 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1 + R 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,665 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with deliver
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- DERIVER11
- RELIVER10
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