| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PREFIX: | 1. Do or make the opposite of; reverse: decriminalize. 2. Remove or remove from: delouse; deoxygenate. 3. Out of: deplane; defenestration. 4. Reduce; degrade: declass. 5. Derived from: deverbative. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English de-, from Old French de- (from Latin d -, from, off, apart, away, down, out, completely, from d; see de- in Appendix I) or from Old French des-, out, off, apart, away, completely (from Latin dis-, dis-, and Latin d-).
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