Definition of dele Dele
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We found 6 definitions of dele from 3 different sources.
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What does dele mean?
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dele (imperative sing.)
Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: /. - dele (v. t.)
To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission. - dele (v. t.)
To deal; to divide; to distribute.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dele
dē′lē, v.t., delete, efface, a direction in proof-reading to remove a superfluous letter or word, usually marked thus
.—adjs. Del′eble,
Del′ible, that can be deleted. [L.,
imper. of delēre, to delete.]
