delibate

English

Etymology

From Latin delibatus (“diminished, tasted”), past participle of delibo (“I take away from, I taste from”); de- + libo (“I taste”).

Verb

delibate (third-person singular simple present delibates, present participle delibating, simple past and past participle delibated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To taste; to take a sip of.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To dabble in.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “delibate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• editable

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

delibate

1. inflection of delibare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

delibate f pl

1. feminine plural of delibato

Latin

Verb

dēlībāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēlībō