De"le (?), imperative sing. of L. delere to destroy. [Cf. Delete.] Print.
Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: &dele;.
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De"le, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deleing.] [From the preceding word.] Print.
To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.
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Dele (?), v. t. [See Deal.]
To deal; to divide; to distribute.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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