deliver

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

  1. verb deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
  2. verb bring to a destination, make a delivery
  3. verb to surrender someone or something to another

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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