Hypertext Webster Gateway: "detract"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detract \De*tract"\, v. i.
To take away a part or something, especially from one's
credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; --
often with from.
It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral
and literary character of Cicero. --V. Knox.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detract \De*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detracted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Detracting}.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to
detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d['e]tracter. See
{Trace}.]
1. To take away; to withdraw.
Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H.
Wotton.
2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what
laboriously we do. --Drayton.
Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse;
vilify; defame; traduce. See {Decry}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
detract
v : take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract
from his good character" [syn: {take away}]
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