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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[L.

decurtare

;

de-

curtare

To cut short; to curtail.

[Obs.]

Bale.

Verb.

To shorten by cutting off.

decurt ‎(third-person singular simple present decurts, present participle decurting, simple past and past participle decurted)

(obsolete) To cut short; to curtail.
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