English Explanatory Dictionary

detrect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To refuse; to decline.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈtɹɛkt/

Word forms

detrect detrects detrecting detrected

Etymology

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

Related words

detrectation
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