Definitions for delate

delate de·late

Spelling: [dih-leyt]
IPA: /dɪˈleɪt/

Delate is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in delate (adeelt).

Definitions for delate

verb (used with object)

  1. Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
  2. Archaic. to relate; report:

Origin of delate

1505-15; Latin dēlātus (suppletive past participle of dēferre to bring down, report, accuse), equivalent to dē- de- + lā- carry (past participle stem of ferre) + -tus p

Examples for delate

Perhaps this party division is necessary to induce each to watch and delate to the people the proceedings of the other.

Elders were ordered by the minister to search the town and “to delate the absentees.”

Word Value for delate
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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