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decurtating

decurtating is the present participle and gerund 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 decurtating

What is decurtating the present participle and gerund of?
Decurtating is the present participle and gerund of decurtate.

Words near decurtating in the dictionary

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

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