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Examples of dele in a Sentence
the proofreader was instructed to dele stray characters and other typos
Origin and Etymology of dele
Latin, imperative singular of delēre
dele Synonyms
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, suppressNear Antonyms
stetOther Printing Terms
epigraph, errata, leader, mechanical, notch, tittle, underscore, widow
First Known Use of dele
circa 1751
Other Printing Terms
epigraph, errata, leader, mechanical, notch, tittle, underscore, widow
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