De- \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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	DE
    n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
         Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]

	

	DE
       DatenElement (HBCI)

	

	de

    The country code for Germany.

   (1999-01-27)

	

	DE. A preposition used in many Latin phrases as, de bone esse, de bonis 
non.