Etymology

detrect

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Today it means: To refuse; to decline. Full definition →

Latin dētrectō
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  1. Latin · derived fromdētrectō
  2. English todaydetrect

From Latin dētrectō, from dē + tractō, frequentative of trahō (“to draw”).

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