What does detrect mean?
Detrect means (obsolete) To refuse; to decline..
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/dɪˈtɹɛkt/ · verb
(obsolete) To refuse; to decline..
detrect to do something
the Danes hearing that the Scottes were come, detrected no time, but forthwith prepared to give battayle
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Detrect means (obsolete) To refuse; to decline..
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detrect to do something
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