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Definition of Delectate
1. v. t. To delight; to charm.
Definition of Delectate
1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delectate
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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