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词汇 delate
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Definition of delate in English:

delate

verb dɪˈleɪtdəˈleɪt
[with object]archaic
  • 1Report (an offence or crime)

    〈古〉报(案),告发(不妥的行为或犯罪)

    they may delate my slackness to my patron

    他们可能向我的赞助人告发我的懒散。

    1. 1.1 Inform against or denounce (someone)
      告发(某人)
      they deliberated together on delating her as a witch

      他们一起预谋告她是女巫。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's fostered a climate of fear, with priests and even Bishops looking over their shoulders in case they get delated for perceived ‘errors’.
      • He was delated to Rome for his writings on the laity and the shadow of suspicion was not lifted until he was made cardinal in 1878.
      • Ten years after his consecration he was delated for heresy by an ecclesiastical court, and subsequently excommunicated from the Anglican Church altogether.
      • However, when he published ‘On Consulting the Faithful, in Matters of Doctrine’, it was delated to Rome, and he was charged with subverting just authority.
      Synonyms
      inform, tell

Derivatives

  • delation

  • noun dɪˈleɪʃ(ə)ndəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
    archaic
    • I checked back, and I found to my surprise that the ‘delation’ process described there was actually about individuals who denounce their own bishops.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Why else would his unsupported delation have led to my immediate dismissal?
      • Moreover, the Vatican has recently reaffirmed the need for and propriety of ‘delation,’ that is, secret submissions to church authorities of derogatory information.
      • Both regimes depended on delation, or sneaking: a social atrocity that could have ghastly results.
  • delator

  • noun dɪˈleɪtədəˈleɪdər
    archaic
    • During the Empire professional delators were many because of the monetary rewards that awaited a winner.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They knew of people called delators who made a living out of accusing people before the authorities.
      • They loathe policemen and suffer from a fear of being considered delators.
      • He punished the delators; reduced the privileges of the praetorians, and reformed the law courts.
      • The country will swarm with informers, spies, delators and all the odious reptile tribe that breed in the sunshine of a despotic power.

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin delat- 'referred, carried away', from the verb deferre (see defer2).

Definition of delate in US English:

delate

verbdəˈlātdəˈleɪt
[with object]archaic
  • 1Report (an offense or crime)

    〈古〉报(案),告发(不妥的行为或犯罪)

    they may delate my slackness to my patron

    他们可能向我的赞助人告发我的懒散。

    1. 1.1 Inform against or denounce (someone)
      告发(某人)
      they deliberated together on delating her as a witch

      他们一起预谋告她是女巫。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ten years after his consecration he was delated for heresy by an ecclesiastical court, and subsequently excommunicated from the Anglican Church altogether.
      • However, when he published ‘On Consulting the Faithful, in Matters of Doctrine’, it was delated to Rome, and he was charged with subverting just authority.
      • It's fostered a climate of fear, with priests and even Bishops looking over their shoulders in case they get delated for perceived ‘errors’.
      • He was delated to Rome for his writings on the laity and the shadow of suspicion was not lifted until he was made cardinal in 1878.
      Synonyms
      inform, tell

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin delat- ‘referred, carried away’, from the verb deferre (see defer).

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