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DETRACT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of DETRACT is to diminish the importance, value, or effectiveness of something —often used with from. How to use detract in a ... www.merriam-webster.com
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Detract - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
If you detract from something — like an achievement or an opinion or an object — you take away some of its value or diminish it. That dent in the door of your ... www.vocabulary.com
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detracting, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective detracting is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for detracting is from 1530, in the writing of John Palsgrave, ... www.oed.com
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detracting
▪ I. detracting, vbl. n. (dɪˈtræktɪŋ) [f. detract v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb detract, q.v.; † protraction (obs.); † shunning, avoiding (obs.); disparagement, detraction.1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 83 b, Fabius..so tempered Prudence with..prowesse, that by detracting of battayle, and trayn... Oxford English Dictionary
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Synonyms of detracting - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for DETRACTING: distracting, diverting, throwing off, amusing, abstracting, calling off, entertaining, straying; Antonyms of DETRACTING: focusing, ... www.merriam-webster.com
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DETRACTION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
DETRACTION meaning: 1. a fact or situation that makes something seem less valuable, less useful, less attractive, etc…. Learn more. dictionary.cambridge.org
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Smoke deflectors
tunnel testing showed that these less tall deflectors would adequately lift the smoke on the locomotives for which they were designed, without unduly detracting wikipedia.org
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127 Synonyms & Antonyms for DETRACTING | Thesaurus.com
detracting · defamatory · disgraceful · heinous · outrageous · scurrilous · shameful · shocking · slanderous · unseemly · untrue. Weak matches. atrocious ... www.thesaurus.com
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detracting - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
detracting (comparative more detracting, superlative most detracting). That detracts. 1837, Benjamin Franklin Foster, Education Reform , page 81:. en.wiktionary.org
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DETRACT Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
verb (used with object) · to draw away or divert; distract. to detract another's attention from more important issues. · Archaic., to take away (a part); abate. www.dictionary.com
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Detraction - Wikipedia
In Christian theology, detraction is the sin of revealing another person's real faults to a third person without a valid reason. en.wikipedia.org
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detract | definition for kids - Wordsmyth Kids
detracts, detracting, detracted. definition: to lessen or take away (often followed by "from"). A flaw in the diamond detracted from its value.The person ... kids.wordsmyth.net
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detractatory
deˈtractatory, a. rare. [f. detract v., or L. dētractāre: see prec. and -ory.] Of detracting or disparaging nature or tendency.1860 Chamb. Jrnl. XIV. 251 It is harsh and detractatory towards the author's equals and superiors. Oxford English Dictionary
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subservant
† subˈservant Obs. rare—1. [sub- 5 a.] An inferior servant, under-servant.1661 K. W. Conf. Charac., Detracting Empirick (1860) 64 A poor apothecaries subservant, whose work is to look to the stills, and sweep the shop. Oxford English Dictionary
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Geneva (Alexandria, Louisiana)
Geneva was modified by the addition of a hood along its original gallery, termed a false gallery, which provides additional protection from the rain, detracting wikipedia.org
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