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1. He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.Ezek. xxxiii. 5. Promise was that IMilton. Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.Gen. xl. 13. The constables have delivered her over.Shak. The exalted mindPope. Till he these words to him deliver might.Spenser. Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection.Bacon. Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears.Sidney. An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it.Sir W. Scott. She was delivered safe and soon.Gower. Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.Peacham. I 'll deliverShak. Syn. To Deliver, Give Forth, Discharge, Liberate, Pronounce, Utter. Deliver denotes, literally, to set free. Hence the term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is made to pass from a confined state to one of greater freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the following examples: One who delivers a package gives it forth; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers a message or a discourse utters or pronounces it; when soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give it forth. Deliver Wonderly deliver and great of strength.Chaucer. |
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