Category:Delete

De*lete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deleting.] Etym: [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st Dele.]

Defn: To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit. I have, therefore,. . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. Aytoun.