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<h1>Detorsion</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*tor"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Detortion</er>.</def>

<h1>Detort</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*tort"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Detorted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Detorting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>detortus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>detorquere</ets> to turn away; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>torquere</ets> to turn about, twist: cf. F. <ets>d\'82torquer</ets>, <ets>d\'82tordre</ets>.]</ety> <def>To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest.</def>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Detortion</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*tor"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.</def>

<h1>Detour</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De`tour"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82tour</ets>, fr. <ets>d\'82tourner</ets> to turn aside; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>tourner</ets> to turn. See <er>Turn</er>.]</ety> <def>A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; <as>as, the <ex>detours</ex> of the Mississippi</as>.</def>

<h1>Detract</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*tract"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Detracted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Detracting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>detractus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>detrahere</ets> to detract; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>trahere</ets> to draw: cf. F. <ets>d\'82tracter</ets>. See <er>Trace</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To take away; to withdraw.</def>

<blockquote><b>Detract</b> much from the view of the without. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take credit or reputation from; to defame.</def>

<blockquote>That calumnious critic . . . <b>Detracting</b> what laboriously we do. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See <er>Decry</er>.</syn>

<h1>Detract</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*tract"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with <i>from</i>.</def>

<blockquote>It has been the fashion to <b>detract</b> both from the moral and literary character of Cicero. <i>V. Knox.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Detracter</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*tract"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who detracts; a detractor.</def>

<blockquote>Other <b>detracters</b> and malicious writers. <i>Sir T. North.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Detractingly</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*tract"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a detracting manner.</def>

<h1>Detraction</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*trac"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82traction</ets>, L. <ets>detractio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A taking away or withdrawing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>detraction</b> of the eggs of the said wild fowl. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>