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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English detecten, [[bor|la|dētēctus]], past participle of dētegere, to uncover, expose, figuratively to discover,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from dē-, un-, off, and tegere, to cover (see [[thatch]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from PIE [[ine-pro|*(s)teg-|t=to cover]].^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|enm|detecten]], [[bor|la|dētēctus]], past participle of [[m|la|dētegere]], to uncover, expose, figuratively to discover,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from dē-, un-, off, and [[m|la|tegere]], to cover (see [[thatch]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from PIE [[ine-pro|*(s)teg-|t=to cover]].^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==