deliver
v.v. to take something like a package, letter, or message to a person or place. It can also mean to give a speech or to help a baby be born.
v. to bring and hand over a letter, parcel, or goods to the proper recipient. In a medical context, it refers to the act of assisting in the birth of offspring.
The courier will deliver the package tomorrow morning.
The local pharmacy offers a service to deliver prescriptions directly to the homes of elderly patients who cannot travel.
While the logistics team worked to deliver the supplies on schedule, the CEO prepared to deliver a speech that would address the company's recent challenges.
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 verb is transitive and takes a direct object. In the medical sense, the doctor or midwife delivers the baby, or the mother is delivered of the baby.
The mailman delivered to me a letter.The mailman delivered a letter to me.Deliver is a transitive verb; the direct object should typically follow the verb immediately before the prepositional phrase.