\De"le\, imperative sing. of L. delere to destroy. [Cf.
{Delete}.] (Print.)
Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has
been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d,
thus: [dele].

\De"le\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Deleing}.] [From the preceding word.] (Print.)
To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.

\Dele\, v. t. [See {Deal}.]
To deal; to divide; to distribute. [Obs.] --Chaucer.