de|le

de|le «DEE lee», verb, -led, -le|ing, n.

–v.t., v.i.

Printing. to cross out; delete. This instruction is indicated on copy or proofs by a stylized form of delta or d (originally, δ, ∂).

–n.

the mark indicating the instruction to dele.

╂[< Latin dēlē, imperative of dēlēre delete; or perhaps short for dēleātur let it be deleted. Compare stet. (Cf. ↑stet)]