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Webster 1913 Edition


Detruncate

De-trun′cate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Detruncated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Detruncating
.]
[L.
detruncatus
, p. p. of
detruncare
to cut off;
de
+
truncare
to maim, shorten, cut off. See
Truncate
.]
To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off.

Webster 1828 Edition


Detruncate

DETRUNCATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to cut shorter; cut short. See Trench.] To cut off; to lop; to shorten by cutting.

Definition 2024


detruncate

detruncate

English

Verb

detruncate (third-person singular simple present detruncates, present participle detruncating, simple past and past participle detruncated)

  1. (transitive) To shorten by cutting; to lop off.