Delivered

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪv.əd/

Definitions

1. Brought something to a destination or gave it to someone ; presented information, a speech, or a performance to an audience ; communicated or expressed thoughts or feelings clearly
2. Transported or handed over an item or message to a recipient ; made a public presentation or performance ; articulated ideas or emotions in spoken or written form
3. Transferred possession of something to another person ; gave a talk, sermon, or show ; conveyed or stated something effectively

Etymology: "Delivered" is the past tense of "deliver," and the verb's original sense was about freeing rather than handing over. It comes from Latin "dē" combined with "līberō," meaning "to set free," which passed into Old French as "delivrer" and then into Middle English as "deliveren." The idea of releasing someone from captivity or danger gradually widened: once you could set a prisoner free, you could also hand over a letter or a parcel, and the sense of transferring something to someone else took over from the older one. The verb's neighbour "dispatch" shows a similar pattern of meaning travelling in unexpected directions. Its first part, "dis-," is combined with "impeach," which descends from Latin "impedicō," a word meaning to fetter or entangle, close in root to "impede." Both verbs started out describing the restraint or release of a person, and both ended up describing the movement of things.

Synonyms: provided, distributed

Antonyms: withheld