dele

(dē′lē)

transitive verb deled, deleing

Printing to take out (a letter, word, etc.); delete: usually in the imperative and expressed by the mark (), indicating the matter to be deleted

Origin: L, imper. sing. of delere: see delete

noun

this mark

See dele in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A sign indicating that something is to be removed from printed or written matter.

transitive verb de·led, de·le·ing, de·les

Origin:

Origin: Latin dēlē

Origin: , second person sing. imperative of dēlēre, to delete

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