Index of English words, starting with "de"

(1) - Delectation (n.) Great pleasure; delight.

(1) - Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.
(2) - Delegacy (a.) The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.

(1) - Delegate (v. t.) To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.
(2) - Delegate (v. t.) To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
(3) - Delegate (a.) Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.
(4) - Delegate (n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution.
(5) - Delegate (n.) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.
(6) - Delegate (n.) Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.