- 1. A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc. Source: opted
- 2. A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis- apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc. Source: webster
- 3. A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline,decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent toLatin dis- apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negativeand opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive indeprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc. Source: adambom
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