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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delivery \De*liv"er*y\, n.; pl {Deliveries}. 1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as the delivery of a captive from his dungeon. 2. The act of delivering up or over surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing distribution; as the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters. 3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as a good delivery; a clear delivery. 4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes. 5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. Neater limbs and freer delivery. --Sir H. Wotton. 6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as the pitcher has a swift delivery. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pronunciation \Pro*nun`ci*a"tion\ (?; 277), n. [F. pronunciation, L. pronunciatio. See {Pronounce}.] 1. The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as the pronunciation of syllables of words distinct or indistinct pronunciation. 2. The mode of uttering words or sentences. 3. (Rhet.) The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called {delivery}. --J. Q. Adams. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: delivery n 1: the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" [syn: {bringing}] 2: the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery" 3: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" [syn: {manner of speaking}, {speech}] 4: the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another [syn: {livery}, {legal transfer}] 5: the act of delivering a child [syn: {obstetrical delivery}] 6: the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter [syn: {pitch}] 7: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind" or "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [syn: {rescue}, {deliverance}, {saving}]
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