About The Word De
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What's The Definition Of De?
[n] a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
Synonyms | Synonyms for De: Delaware | Diamond State | First State Related Terms | Find terms related to De: See Also | American state | capital of Delaware | Delaware Bay | Delaware River | Dover | Mid-Atlantic states | Wilmington De In Webster's Dictionary \De-\
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.
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