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detrect

Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɹɛkt/

The English word “detrect” has 1 meaning listed here.

verb

  1. To refuse; to decline.

Etymology

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

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