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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Detract \De*tract"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Detracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detracting}.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d['e]tracter. 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}.
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