Category: D&E

de-(word root) not, downExamples of words with the root de-: decompress, descentAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreede-pref.1. Do or make the opposite of; reverse: decriminalize.2. Remove or remove from: delouse; deoxygenate.3. Out of: deplane; defenestration.4. Reduce; degrade: declass.5. Derived from: deverbative.[Middle English de-, from Old French de- (from Latin d?-, from, off, apart, away, down, out, completely, from d?; see de- in Indo-European roots) or from Old French des-, out, off, apart, away, completely (from Latin dis-, dis-, and Latin d?-).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.de- prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives 1. removal of or from something specified: deforest; dethrone. 2. reversal of something: decode; decompose; desegregate. 3. departure from: decamp. [from Latin, from d? (prep) from, away from, out of, etc. In compound words of Latin origin, de- also means away, away from (decease); down (degrade); reversal (detect); removal (defoliate); and is used intensively (devote) and pejoratively (detest)]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014de- , a prefix, occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, used to form verbs that denote motion or conveyance down from, away, or off (deflect; descend); reversal or undoing of the effects of an action (deflate); extraction or removal of a thing (decaffeinate); thoroughness or completeness of an action (despoil). [Middle English

de-(word root) not, downExamples of words with the root de-: decompress, descentAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary EmbreeDEabbr.1. Football defensive end2. DelawareAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.de or De; d’ or D’of; from: occurring as part of some personal names and originally indicating place of origin: Simon de Montfort; D’Arcy; de la Mare. [from Latin d?; see de-]de the internet domain name for (Computer Science) Germany DE abbreviation for 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (formerly in Britain) Department of Employment 2. (Placename) Delaware Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014de- , a prefix, occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, used to form verbs that denote motion or conveyance down from, away, or off (deflect; descend); reversal or undoing of the effects of an action (deflate); extraction or removal of a thing (decaffeinate); thoroughness or completeness of an action (despoil). [Middle English

dilation and evacuationn. Abbr. D & E A surgical abortion performed during the second trimester of pregnancy by dilation of the cervix and removal of the fetus, placenta, and fetal membranes, usually by use of vacuum aspiration and surgical instruments.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.