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WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

  1. de-prefix

    Meaning reversal, undoing or removing.

  2. de-prefix

    Intensifying.

    denumerate

  3. Etymology: From the preposition de, which is often attached directly to the beginnings of other Latin words.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

  1. De-

    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

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of de- in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of de- in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

  1. ^ Wiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/De-
  2. ^ Webster Dictionaryhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/de-

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  • اجتثاثArabic
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  • Delaware-Spanish
  • د-Persian
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  • de-Italian
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  • ಡಿ-Kannada
  • de-Latin
  • de-Dutch
  • de-Norwegian
  • de-Romanian
  • де-Russian
  • de-Thai
  • דע-Yiddish
  • Chinese

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