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DETRACT

\dɪtɹˈakt], \dɪtɹˈakt], \d_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_t]\

Definitions of DETRACT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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To take credit or reputation from; to defame.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To take credit or reputation from; to defame.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To draw or take away from, especially so as to lessen value.
To take away a part, especially of reputation or credit: with from.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To take away from the credit or reputation of: to defame: to abuse.
DETRACTINGLY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To take away from; lower the worth of.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To take away so as to lessen value or estimation.
To lessen reputation or credit; commonly with from.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To take away from reputation or merit; to derogate from; to take away; to withdraw.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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