| 单词 |
deletory |
| 释义 |
deletory, a. n.|dɪˈliːtərɪ| [f. L. dēlēt- (see above) + -ory.] A. adj. That is used to delete or efface, effacing. Also used in 17th c. in sense of deletery a.: see that word and cf. quot. 1679 here.
1612T. James Corrupt. Script. ii. 41 That also must be thrust away with a deletorie sponge. 1679T. Puller Moder. Ch. Eng. (1843) 202 The Penances in the Church of Rome, which..are counted deletory of sin. B. n. That which destroys or effaces. (Cf. deletery n. 2 b, with which this ran together.)
1647Jer. Taylor Dissuas. Popery ii. (1686) 112 The severity of Confession, which..was most certainly intended as a deletory of sin. 1649― Gt. Exemp. vi. i. §23 The Spirit of Sanctification..the deletory of Concupiscence. 1699‘Misaurus’ Honour of Gout (1720) 35 It is a perfect Deletory of Folly. |

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