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detract from

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de⋅tract

  [di-trakt]
Use detract from in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually fol. by from).
–verb (used with object)
2. to draw away or divert; distract: to detract another's attention from more important issues.
3. Archaic. to take away (a part); abate: The dilapidated barn detracts charm from the landscape.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME (< MF detracter) < L dētractus drawn away (ptp. of dētrahere), equiv. to dē- de- + tractus drawn; see tract 1

Related forms:
de⋅tract⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
de⋅trac⋅tor, noun
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