‖ deleatur
(diːliːˈeɪtə(r))
[L. = ‘let it be deleted’; 3rd sing. pres. subj. passive of dēlēre to blot out, delete.]
A written direction or mark on a printed proof-sheet directing something to be struck out or omitted; hence fig.
| 1602 Parsons Warn-Word, &c. ii. ix. 70 b (Stanf.), We pervert..the ancient Fathers with the censure of deleatur when any sentence lyketh us not. 1640 Sir E. Dering Sp. on Relig. 23 Nov. iii. 7 The most learned labours of our..Divines, must bee..defaced with a Deleatur. 1696 Evelyn Let. to W. Wotton 28 Oct., Deleatur, therefore, wherever you meet it. |