delectate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin delectatus, past participle of delectare. See delight.
Verb
[edit]delectate (third-person singular simple present delectates, present participle delectating, simple past and past participle delectated)
- (transitive) To delight, to charm, to bring pleasure to.
- (intransitive) To take delight in, to take pleasure in.
References
[edit]- “delectate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “delectate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]dēlectāte
Participle
[edit]dēlectāte