deliver

Meaning

Verb

1. To set free from restraint or danger.
2. Senses having to do with birth.
3. Senses having to do with birth.
4. Senses having to do with birth.
5. To free from or disburden of anything.
6. To bring or transport something to its destination.
7. To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
8. (informal) To produce what is expected or required.
9. To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
10. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
11. To discover; to show.
12. To administer a drug.

Adj

Capable, agile, or active.

Hyphenated as

de‧liv‧er

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈlɪvə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”).