Dele Definition
dēlē
dele
noun
A sign indicating that something is to be removed from printed or written matter.
American Heritage
This mark.
Webster's New World
(printing) A sign signifying deletion.
Wiktionary
verb
To take out (a letter, word, etc.); delete.
Webster's New World
To mark with a sign indicating deletion.
American Heritage
(printing, usually imperative) To delete.
Wiktionary
Origin of Dele
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From Latin dēlē, second person singular imperative of dēleo (“delete”).
From Wiktionary
Latin dēlē second person sing. imperative of dēlēre to delete
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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