Definition of Delectate

1. v. t. To delight; to charm.

Definition of Delectate

1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Delectate

delead
deleaded
deleading
deleads
deleave
deleaved
deleaves
deleaving
deleble
delectabilities
delectability
delectable
delectableness
delectables
delectably
delectate (current term)
delectated
delectates
delectating
delectation
delectations
deled
delegable
delegacies
delegacy
delegalize
delegalized
delegalizes
delegalizing
delegatable

Literary usage of Delectate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton (1909)
"If we do not mark passages and delectate over phrases, we receive an exquisite sense of harmony—and harmony is the last word of style. ..."

2. Down South, Or, An Englishman's Experience at the Seat of the American War by Samuel Phillips Day (1862)
"... by quite a number of the ' clergy,' whose wont it is to delectate their hearers with declamation on this theme. From Boston we have specimens of Johnson ..."

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