deliver
de-liv-er · verb
Definitions
verb
- 1.
To bring and hand over goods or mail to the intended recipient.
- 2.
To give a speech, lecture, or performance.
- 3.
To provide or produce something promised or expected.
- 4.
To assist in the birth of a baby; to give birth.
- 5.
To rescue or save from danger (formal/archaic).
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Etymology
From Old French delivrer meaning "to set free, liberate," from Late Latin deliberare, from Latin de- (away) + liberare (to free), from liber (free). The sense of "hand over goods" developed from the idea of freeing something from one's possession.