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deligent

deligent

English

Adjective

deligent ‎(comparative more deligent, superlative most deligent)

Archaic spelling of diligent.
- 1834, , The poems of William Dunbar, collected, with notes and a memoir of ..., Volume 1
  We synfull folk sulde be more deligent.

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb dēligō ‎(“pick off”).

Verb

dēligent

third-person plural future active indicative of dēligō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb dēligō ‎(“bind”).

Verb

dēligent

third-person plural present active subjunctive of dēligō