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‖ deleatur|diːliːˈeɪtə(r)|
[L. = ‘let it be deleted’; 3rd sing. pres. subj. passive of dēlēre to blot out, delete.]
A written direction or mark on a printed proof-sheet directing something to be struck out or omitted; hence fig.
1602Parsons Warn-Word, &c. ii. ix. 70 b (Stanf.), We pervert..the ancient Fathers with the censure of deleatur when any sentence lyketh us not. 1640Sir E. Dering Sp. on Relig. 23 Nov. iii. 7 The most learned labours of our..Divines, must bee..defaced with a Deleatur. 1696Evelyn Let. to W. Wotton 28 Oct., Deleatur, therefore, wherever you meet it. |