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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DETRACTORY

a.Derogatory; defamatory by denial of desert; with from.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DETRACTORY

DETRACTORY De *tract "o *ry, a.

 

Defn: Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. Sir T. Browne.