The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Delete \De*lete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deleted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Deleting.] [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf.
   1st Dele.]
   To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
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         I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which
         do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have
         deleted eight.                           --Aytoun.
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