5 definitions
for de
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
DE
n : a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Delaware, Diamond State, First State]
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :
DE
DatenElement (HBCI)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
de
The country code for Germany.
(1999-01-27)
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
DE. A preposition used in many Latin phrases as, de bone esse, de bonis
non.