défaire

French

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to take down, take apart, dismantle
  • (transitive) to undo, unfasten, unwind
  • (transitive) to break, break up, unmake
  • (transitive) to defeat, conquer
  • (reflexive) to come undone, fall apart, disintegrate
  • to part with

Etymology

Prefix from French faire (do, make) inherited from Latin *disfacio, *disfaciō, disfacere, dis- (apart, away, utterly, indicating negation, two, not, double, assunder, in different directions, exceedingly, twice, asunder).

Origin

Latin

dis-

Gloss

apart, away, utterly, indicating negation, two, not, double, assunder, in different directions, exceedingly, twice, asunder

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二

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