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Webster 1913 Edition
Decussated
{
De-cus′sate
,De-cus′sa-ted
, }Adj.
1.
Crossed; intersected.
2.
(Bot.)
Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below;
as,
. decussated
leaves or branches3.
(Rhet.)
Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other;
as, a
. decussated
periodWebster 1828 Edition
Decussated
DECUSSATED
,Adj.
In rhetoric, a decussated period is one that consists of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other. For example, If impudence could effect as much in courts of justice, as insolence sometimes does in the country, Caesina would now yield to the impudence of Ebutius, as he then yielded to his insolent assault.