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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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'De'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/de.html. 1828.
 
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