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decurtated

decurtated is the simple past and past participle of decurtate.

Meaning of decurtate

Verb

decurtate (third-person singular simple present decurtates, present participle decurtating, simple past and past participle decurtated)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To cut short.
    • Other writers there are, that would haue him signifie Tyme, as that with his sythe he should measure and proportionise the length of Time, and therewith to decurtate and cut away all things contained therein.1973, Sōji Iwasaki, The Sword and the Word: Shakespeare's Tragic Sense of Time, page 15

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Questions about decurtated

What is decurtated the simple past and past participle of?
Decurtated is the simple past and past participle of decurtate.

Words near decurtated in the dictionary

  1. decursinol
  2. decursion
  3. decursions
  4. decurt
  5. decurtate
  6. decurtated
  7. decurtates
  8. decurtating
  9. decurtation
  10. decurtations
  11. decurted

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