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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Delete

/dĭl-ēt'/ · De·lete · IPA /dɪˈliːt/
01 v. t. To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
imp. & p. p. Deleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deleting
  1. 1.
    To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
    “I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight.” — Aytoun.