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detract

verb
/dɪˈtɹækt/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French détracter, from Latin detractum, past participle of detraho.

  1. derived from detractum
  2. borrowed from détracter

Definitions

  1. To take away

    To take away; to withdraw or remove.

  2. To take credit or reputation from

    To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry.

    • That calumnious critic […] / Detracting what laboriously we do.

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Derived

detractable, detraction, detractive, detractor

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at detract. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01detract02decry03blame04undesirable05objectionable06offensive07attack

A definitional loop anchored at detract. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at detract

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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