Main Entry: de·liv·er

Pronunciation: \di-ˈliv-ər\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): de·liv·ered; de·liv·er·ing \-(ə-)riŋ\

transitive verb

1 a : to assist (a parturient female) in giving birth <she was delivered of a fine boy> b : to aid in the birth of <sometimes it is necessary to deliver a child with forceps>
2 : to give birth to <she delivered a pair of healthy twins after a short labor>

intransitive verb

: to give birth to offspring <patients that repeatedly deliver prematurely present special problems>