"De-" is a word in ENGLISH
A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline,
decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to
Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and
opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave,
despoil, declare, desolate, etc.
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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