Detracting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Detract \De*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detracted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Detracting}.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to
     detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d['e]tracter. See
     {Trace}.]
     1. To take away; to withdraw.
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              Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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     2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
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              That calumnious critic . . .
              Detracting what laboriously we do.    --Drayton.
  
     Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse;
          vilify; defame; traduce. See {Decry}.
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