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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Trait | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Trait \Trait\, n. [F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See {Trace}, v., and cf. {Tract} a region, {Trace} a strap, {Tret}.] 1. A stroke; a touch. By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. --Broome. 2. A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a trait of character. Note: Formerly pronounced tr[be], as in French, and still so pronounced to some extent in England. | |
