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Webster 1913 Edition
decollate
de-col′late
(dē̍-kŏl′lāt)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Decollated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decollating
.] [L.
decollatus
, p. p. of decollare
to behead; de-
+ collum
neck.] To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.
The
decollated
head of St. John the Baptist. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Decollate
DE'COLLATE
,Verb.
T.
DE'COLLATE
D,pp.
DECOLLA'TION, n. [L. to behead; the neck.] The act of beheading; the act of cutting off the neck of an animal, and severing the head from the body. It is especially used of St. John the Baptist, and of a painting which represents his beheading.
DECOLORA'TION, n. Absence of color.
DE'COMPLEX, a. Compounded of complex ideas.
DECOMPO'SABLE, a. That may be decomposed; capable of being resolved into its constituent elements.
DECOMPO'SE, v.t. To separate the constituent parts of a body or substance; to disunite elementary particles combined by affinity or chimical attraction; to resolve into original elements.
DECOMPO'SED, pp. Separated or resolved into the constituent parts.
DECOMPO'SING, ppr. Separating into constituent parts.
DECOMPOS'ITE, a. Compounded a second time; compounded with things already composite.
DECOMPOSI'TION, n.
Definition 2024
decollate
decollate
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: dĭ-kŏlʹāt, dĕkʹə-lāt, IPA(key): /dɪˈkɒleɪt/, /ˈdɛkəleɪt/
Verb
decollate (third-person singular simple present decollates, present participle decollating, simple past and past participle decollated)
- (transitive) To behead.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: dē-kə-lātʹ, dĕkʹə-lāt, IPA(key): /diːkəˈleɪt/, /ˈdɛkəleɪt/
Verb
decollate (third-person singular simple present decollates, present participle decollating, simple past and past participle decollated)
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
decollate