deliver
/dɪˈlɪv.ɚ/ verb B1- To set free from restraint or danger. · The hostage was delivered from her captors and thus preserved from any danger.
- To assist in the birth of. · the doctor delivered the baby
- To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child). · the duchess was delivered of a son· the doctor is expected to deliver her of a daughter tomorrow
- To give birth to. · she delivered a baby boy yesterday
- To free from or disburden of anything.
- To bring or transport something to its destination. · deliver a package· deliver the mail
- To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another. · deliver the thief to the police
- To produce what is expected or required. · deliver on a promise
He/she/it delivers · Past delivered · Past participle delivered · -ing form delivering
Verb forms
- Base form
- deliver
- He/she/it
- delivers
- Past
- delivered
- Past participle
- delivered
- -ing form
- delivering
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The poor fool is cured of his folly, and delivered from his captivity.”
I listened with amazement to this explanation, which Holmes delivered between the puffs of his cigarette.
The prisoner whom you there see pale, agitated, and alarmed, instead of—as is the case when a curtain falls on a tragedy—going home to sup peacefully with his family, and then retiring to rest, that he may recommence his mimic woes on the morrow,—is removed from your sight merely to be reconducted to his prison and delivered up to the executioner.
The man who wrote it could not have taken it; otherwise, of course, he might have delivered his own message by word of mouth.
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