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Definition of Detracted
1. detract [v] - See also: detract
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detracted
Literary usage of Detracted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scheyichbi and the Strand: Or, Early Days Along the Delaware ; with an by Edward Smith Wheeler (1876)
"In their zeal for improvement they have detracted very much from the scientific
interest and value of the original pond, which is less to be regretted ..."
2. Historical Sketches of the Town of Leicester, Massachusetts, During the by Emory Washburn (1860)
"The day was fine ; no accident detracted from the pleasure of the gathering ;
and after a bountiful dinner, a variety of patriotic sentiments and ..."
3. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"... of colouring that detracted considerably from the general effect, causing many
of the beds to lack that brilliancy and high finish for which those of ..."
4. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... nor nothing detracted from. Notwithstanding which, by reason of the imperfection
of human minds, there may be, and are, different apprehensions ..."
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