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delibate

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To taste; to take a sip of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

Examples

  • 1641: Shackerley Marmion, The Antiquary, Act III: [Duke:] But when he has travell’d and delibated, the French and the Spanish can lye a bed, and expound Astrea, and digest him into complements ...

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To dabble in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

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History

Etymology

First attested in 1623; Borrowed from Latin dēlibātus, perfect passive participle of dēlibō (“to take away from, to taste from”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + libō (“to taste; to consecrate a liquid”).