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To bring or transport to the proper place or recipient; distribute: deliver groceries; deliver the mail.
(verb-transitive)
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To surrender (someone or something) to another; hand over: delivered the criminal to the police.
(verb-transitive)
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To secure (something promised or desired), as for a candidate or political party: campaign workers who delivered the ward for the mayor.
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To throw or hurl: The pitcher delivered the ball.
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To strike (a blow).
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.