A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis- apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.

From; down; out; used with privative, intensive, or completive force; as, deface, degrade, derave, derail. In some words it is equivalent to Dis.

Latin prefix signifying down or away from. It sometimes negatives and sometimes intensifles the sense. It has often the force of dis in words through the French.

A moving down or from; separation or taking away: de often expresses a negative, and sometimes only augments the sense: de has the force of dis, asunder, as in derange, depart.

De pizen's draw'd out and clean gone. – Sally Dows and Other Stories by Bret Harte

Francie remembered now- she had forgotten it- Margaret de Cliche's having told her she meant to come again. – The Reverberator by Henry James

Madame de Malrive cut the explanation short. – Madame de Treymes by Edith Wharton

Yes; in Father de Casson's care. – The Road to Frontenac by Samuel Merwin

Is the Countess de Vassart to go with us? – The Maids of Paradise by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

She can be de- astralized and friend Handlon can have her body. – Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Various

" But now go to Madame de Montesquiou, sire," said the emperor. – NAPOLEON AND BLUCHER by L. Muhlbach

De whole possetucky on 'em sit an' listen. – The Two Vanrevels by Booth Tarkington

Since the first visit to de Baudricourt by the Maid of Domremy, her name had become familiar to many of the people in and about Vaucouleurs. – Joan of Arc by Ronald Sutherland Gower

But, mademoiselle- pour l'amour de Dieu! – The Belovéd Traitor by Frank L. Packard

" Well, we had to take care of her too," De Bergillac said. – A Maker of History by E. Phillips Oppenheim

But de oberseer he done took it away from me, an' dat's de way you find out what sort of a man he is. – Marcy The Blockade Runner by Harry Castlemon

And did Monsieur de Perche call me fool when he wrote to you? – The Justice of the King by Hamilton Drummond

De animals not talk. – Show Business by William C. Boyd Lyle G. Boyd

M. de Villequier may be gone to- morrow. – Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman

An' de Marster's face! – The Coast of Bohemia by Thomas Nelson Page

The learned Marquis de Condorcet had become the president of it. – The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Vol. I by Thomas Clarkson

That was my uncle, Monsieur de Beausejour. – The Complete PG Edition of The Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

De Launay was silent. – Temporal Power by Marie Corelli

He had observed her giving way before the Duchesse d'Etampes, her father- in- law's mistress; giving way before the Duchesse de Valentinois, the mistress of her husband the late king. – Catherine de' Medici by Honore de Balzac