deliver

Definitions


[dɪˈlɪvə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or goods) to the proper recipient or address
(e.g: the products should be delivered on time)

- provide (something promised or expected)
(e.g: he had been able to deliver votes in huge numbers)

- launch or aim (a blow, ball, or attack)
(e.g: he delivered a punch to the man's belly)

- assist in the birth of
(e.g: the village midwife delivered the baby)

- save, rescue, or set someone or something free from
(e.g: deliver us from the nightmare of junk mail)


Phrases:
- deliver the goods

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French delivrer, based on Latin de- ‘away’ + liberare ‘set free’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries