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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *diligōn.
Pronunciation
Verb
dilegian
- to blot out, wipe off, erase
- c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
Sē wrītere, ġif hē ne dilegaþ þæt hē ǣr wrāt, þēah hē nǣfre mā nāwiht ne wrīte, þæt biþ þēah unġedilegod þæt hē ǣr wrāt.- If a writer doesn't erase what he wrote before, it stays unerased even if he never writes anything again.
- to destroy
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