dele
to take out or delete
Not to be confused with:deal – apportion; deliver; distribute playing cards; a bargain:
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de·le
(dē′lē)n. A sign indicating that something is to be removed from printed or written matter.
tr.v. de·led,
de·le·ing,
de·les 1. To remove, especially from printed or written matter; delete.
2. To mark with a sign indicating deletion.
[Latin dēlē, second person sing. imperative of dēlēre, to delete.]
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dele
(ˈdiːlɪ) n,
pl deles (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a sign (δ) indicating that typeset matter is to be deleted. Compare
stet vb,
deles,
deleing or deled (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to mark (matter to be deleted) with a dele
[C18: from Latin: delete (imperative), from dēlēre to destroy, obliterate; see delete]
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de•le
(ˈdi li)
v. de•led, de•le•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to delete.
n. 2. a mark, as ƛ or Ɣ, used to indicate matter to be deleted.
[1695–1705; < Latin dēlē 2nd pers. singular imperative of dēlēre, to destroy]
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dele
Past participle: deled
Gerund: deleing
| Present |
|---|
| I dele |
| you dele |
| he/she/it deles |
| we dele |
| you dele |
| they dele |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I deled |
| you deled |
| he/she/it deled |
| we deled |
| you deled |
| they deled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am deleing |
| you are deleing |
| he/she/it is deleing |
| we are deleing |
| you are deleing |
| they are deleing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have deled |
| you have deled |
| he/she/it has deled |
| we have deled |
| you have deled |
| they have deled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was deleing |
| you were deleing |
| he/she/it was deleing |
| we were deleing |
| you were deleing |
| they were deleing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had deled |
| you had deled |
| he/she/it had deled |
| we had deled |
| you had deled |
| they had deled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will dele |
| you will dele |
| he/she/it will dele |
| we will dele |
| you will dele |
| they will dele |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have deled |
| you will have deled |
| he/she/it will have deled |
| we will have deled |
| you will have deled |
| they will have deled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be deleing |
| you will be deleing |
| he/she/it will be deleing |
| we will be deleing |
| you will be deleing |
| they will be deleing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been deleing |
| you have been deleing |
| he/she/it has been deleing |
| we have been deleing |
| you have been deleing |
| they have been deleing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been deleing |
| you will have been deleing |
| he/she/it will have been deleing |
| we will have been deleing |
| you will have been deleing |
| they will have been deleing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been deleing |
| you had been deleing |
| he/she/it had been deleing |
| we had been deleing |
| you had been deleing |
| they had been deleing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would dele |
| you would dele |
| he/she/it would dele |
| we would dele |
| you would dele |
| they would dele |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have deled |
| you would have deled |
| he/she/it would have deled |
| we would have deled |
| you would have deled |
| they would have deled |
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