delivery

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DELIVERY, noun 1. The act of delivering. 2. Release; rescue; as from slavery, restraint, oppression or danger. 3. Surrender; a giving up. 4. A giving or passing from one to another; as the delivery of goods, or of a deed. 5. Utterance; pronunciation; or manner of speaking. He has a good delivery I was charmed with his graceful delivery 6. Childbirth. Isaiah 26:17. 7. Free motion or use of the limbs.
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