DE

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

DE
    n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
         {Delaware}, {Diamond State}, {First State}, {DE}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

de

   <networking> The {country code} for Germany.

   (1999-01-27)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

DE
       DatenElement (HBCI)

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

DE. A preposition used in many Latin phrases as, de bone esse, de bonis 
non.

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