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decurtates

decurtates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 decurtates

What is decurtates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Decurtates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of decurtate.

Words near decurtates in the dictionary

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

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