## Meanings
1. To take goods, letters, or other items to a place or person.
2. To give a speech or say something to an audience.
3. To help a baby be born.
4. To do or provide what was promised or expected.
5. To rescue or set free from danger.

## Examples
- The postman delivers our mail every morning.
- She delivered an inspiring speech to the students.
- The doctor safely delivered the baby.
- The new phone really delivers on speed and quality.
- They prayed to be delivered from evil.

## Derived Forms
- codeliver
- deliverability
- deliverable
- deliverance
- deliveree
- deliverer
- deliveress
- deliverly
- deliverness
- deliverology
- delivery
- hand-deliver

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₁lewdʰ-
- Root: deliveren
- Root: delivrer
- Root: dē

## Etymology
From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”). Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede).

## AI Etymology
deliver comes from Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”). Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-, Middle English deliveren, Old French delivrer, Latin dē. Current senses include to take goods, letters, or other items to a place or person and to give a speech or say something to an audience. English relatives and later formations include codeliver, deliverability, deliverable.

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