meaning of deliver
1. To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death.
2. To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into.
3. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.
4. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.
5. To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.
6. To discover; to show.
7. To deliberate.
8. To admit; to allow to pass.
9. Free; nimble; sprightly; active.
10. deliver a speech, oration, or idea; "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the
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