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delivery
late 15c., "action of handing over to another," from Anglo-Fr.
delivrée
, fem. pp. of
délivrer
(see
deliver
). Childbirth sense is attested from 1570s. Of speech, from 1580s. Of a blow, throw of a ball, etc., from 1702.
