dele

¹de·le

verb \ˈdē-(ˌ)lē\

de·ledde·le·ing

Definition of DELE

transitive verb

: to delete especially from typeset matter

Examples of DELE

1. <the proofreader was instructed to dele stray characters and other typos>

Origin of DELE

Latin, imperative singular of delēre

First Known Use: 1705

Related to DELE

Synonyms: blue-pencil, cancel, cross (out), x (out), delete, edit (out), elide, kill, scratch (out), strike (out), stroke (out)

Related Words: blot out, efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, obliterate, root (out), rub out, wipe out; bleep, blip, clip, cut, excise, remove; bowdlerize, censor, clean (up), expurgate, launder, redact, red-pencil; abbreviate, crop, shorten; black out, repress, silence, suppress

Near Antonyms: stet

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Other Printing Terms

epigraph, errata, leader, mechanical, notch, tittle, underscore, widow