delibate

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Scrabble points: 11
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Letters: 8

Definition of delibate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(obsolete, transitive)To taste; to take a sip of.

“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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verb

(obsolete, transitive)To taste; to take a sip of.

“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 …”
(obsolete, transitive)To dabble in.

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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”).

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