Delay - DELAY, v.t.
1. To prolong the time of acting, or proceeding; to put off; to defer.
My lord delayeth his coming. Mat 14.
2. To retard; to stop, detain or hinder for a time; to restrain motion, or render it slow; as, the mail is delated by bad roads.
Thyrsis, whose artful strains have oft delayed
The huddling brook to hear his madrigal.
3. To allay.
DELAY, v.i. To linger; to move slow; or to stop for a time.
There are certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of ideas, beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten.
DELAY, n.
1. A lingering; stay; stop.
2. A putting off or deferring; procrastination; as, the delay of trial is not to be imputed to the plaintiff.
3. Hinderance for a time.
Delighted - DELIGHTED, pp.
1. Greatly pleased; rejoiced; followed by with.
That ye may be delighted with the abundance of her glory. Isa 66:11.
2. A. Full of delight.
Delivery - DELIVERY, n.
1. The act of delivering.
2. Release; rescue; as from slavery, restraint, oppression or danger.
3. Surrender; a giving up.
4. A giving or passing from one to another; as the delivery of goods, or of a deed.
5. Utterance; pronunciation; or manner of speaking. He has a good delivery. I was charmed with his graceful delivery.
6. Childbirth. Isa 26.
7. Free motion or use of the limbs.
Depart - DEPART, v.i.
1. To go or move from.
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire. Mat 25.
It is followed by from, or from is implied before the place left.
I will depart to my own land, that is, I will depart from this place to my own land. Num 10.
2. To go from; to leave; to desist, as from a practice. Jehu departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam. Jehoshaphat departed not from the way of Asa his father.
3. To leave; to deviate from; to forsake; not to adhere to or follow; as, we cannot depart from
our rules.
I have not departed from thy judgments. Psa 119.
4. To desist; to leave; to abandon; as, he would not depart from his purpose, resolution, or
demand.
5. To be lost; to perish; to vanish; as, his glory has departed.
6. To die; to decease; to leave this world.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word. Luke 2.
To depart this life is elliptical, from being understood.
8. To cease.
The prey departeth not. Nahum 3.
9. To deviate; to vary from.
If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles‐
10. To vary; to deviate from the title or defense in pleading.
11. To part with.
To depart from God, is to forsake his service and live in sin; to apostatize; to revolt; to desert
his government and laws.
God departs from men, when he abandons them to their own sinful inclinations, or ceases to
bestow on them his favor. Hosea 9.
DEPART, v.t. To divide or separate; to part.
DEPART, n.
1. The act of going away; death.
2. Division; separation.
Depart - DEPART, v.i.
1. To go or move from.
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire. Mat 25.
It is followed by from, or from is implied before the place left.
I will depart to my own land, that is, I will depart from this place to my own land. Num 10.
2. To go from; to leave; to desist, as from a practice. Jehu departed not from the sins of Jeroboam. Jehoshaphat departed not from the way of Asa his father.
3. To leave; to deviate from; to forsake; not to adhere to or follow; as, we cannot depart from our rules.
I have not departed from thy judgments. Psa 119.
4. To desist; to leave; to abandon; as, he would not depart from his purpose, resolution, or demand.
5. To be lost; to perish; to vanish; as, his glory has departed.
6. To die; to decease; to leave this world.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word. Luke 2.
To depart this life is elliptical, from being understood.
8. To cease.
The prey departeth not. Nahum 3.
9. To deviate; to vary from.
If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles-
10. To vary; to deviate from the title or defense in pleading.
11. To part with.
To depart from God, is to forsake his service and live in sin; to apostatize; to revolt; to desert his government and laws.
God departs from men, when he abandons them to their own sinful inclinations, or ceases to bestow on them his favor. Hosea 9.
DEPART, v.t. To divide or separate; to part.
DEPART, n.
1. The act of going away; death.
2. Division; separation.