Definition of Delibate

1. v. t. To taste; to take a sip of; to dabble in.

Definition of Delibate

1. Verb. (obsolete) To taste; to take a sip of; to dabble in. ¹

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Definition of Delibate

1. to sip [v DELIBATED, DELIBATING, DELIBATES] - See also: sip

Lexicographical Neighbors of Delibate

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deleverage
deleveraged
deleverages
deleveraging
delexical
delexicalization
delf
delfs
delft
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delftware
delftwares
delhayelite
deli
delibate (current term)
delibated
delibates
delibation
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deliberate defense
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deliberateness
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deliberating

Literary usage of Delibate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert ed Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1875)
"LEO. Now I consider, they are great helps to a man. DUKE. But when he has travelled, and delibate«! the French2 and the Spanish ; can lie a-bed, ..."

2. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"... milky serum into the texture of the delibate continuation of the conjunctiva over the cornea; — the others are the result of violent, acute ophthalmia. ..."

3. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1913)
"... alsoe in all mixt Actions which may concerne both realty and personalty and therein after due and orderly proceeding and delibate hearing of both sides ..."

4. A System of Mineralogy: Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries: Including by James Dwight Dana (1854)
"... "having the delibate complexion of a lovely youth," (Moore's An. Min.) II OXYGEN DOUBLE BINARY COMPOUNDS, OR SALTS. 1. ..."

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