detrect

D2E1T1R1E1C3T1
/dɪˈtɹɛkt/

verb

To refuse; to decline.

“detrect to do something”

OriginLatin dētrectō →
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Meanings

verbdetrect (third-person singular simple present detrects, present participle detrecting, simple past and past participle detrected)

present singular third person detrects · participle present detrecting · participle past detrected · past detrected

  1. obsoleteTo refuse; to decline.

    detrect to do something

    1 more example

    the Danes hearing that the Scottes were come, detrected no time, but forthwith prepared to give battayle

    1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Scotlande, […]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latindētrectō
  2. Englishdetrect

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

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detrect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detrect.

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