(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:02:14

De*trect" (?), v. t. [L. detrectare; de + tractare, intens. of trahere to draw.]

To refuse; to decline.

[Obs.] "To detrect the battle."

Holinshed.

 

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