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.