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(), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Detracted; p. pr. & vb. n.Detracting.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. dtracter. See Trace.] 1. To take away; to withdraw. Detract much from the view of the without. Sir H. Wotton. 2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame. That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do. Drayton. Syn. -- To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See Decry. Detract" v. i.To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from. It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero. V. Knox. スポンサード リンク
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