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DAE

  1. Digital Audio Extraction: the process of copying or ripping audio files from a CD or DVD.
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D.A.E.

or DAE

  1. Dictionary of American English.
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Examples from the Web for dae

Historical Examples

  • Noo that this money's com' in' to us, we could dae't quite easy.

    Erchie

    (AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro

  • As for yer mother, she's wonderfu'; a wee frail, but aye able to dae her turns.

    Erchie

    (AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro

  • I can dae them sherry at a figure that'll tak' th' breath frae them.

    The Man Who Was Good

    Leonard Merrick

  • I dinna think he had onything to dae wi' her gaun away, onyway.'

    The Guinea Stamp

    Annie S. Swan

  • There's little ye can dae for tree or man, Marcella, but juist not hinder them.

    Captivity

    M. Leonora Eyles

British Dictionary definitions for dae

dae

verb
  1. a Scot word for do 1
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Word Origin and History for dae

DAE

initialism for "A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles," published in four volumes between 1936 and 1944, edited by Sir William A. Craigie and James R. Hulbert.

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