What is to take credit or reputation from; to defame. That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do. Drayton. See Decry called?
detract — To take credit or reputation from; to defame. That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do. Drayton. See Decry. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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