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decurting

decurting is the present participle and gerund of decurt.

Meaning of decurt

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To cut short; to truncate; to curtail.
    • Your decurted or headlesse clause, Angelorum enim, et cet.1550, John Bale, The Apology […]

Questions about decurting

What is decurting the present participle and gerund of?
Decurting is the present participle and gerund of decurt.

Words near decurting in the dictionary

  1. decurtates
  2. decurtating
  3. decurtation
  4. decurtations
  5. decurted
  6. decurting
  7. decurts
  8. decurve
  9. decurved
  10. decurves
  11. decurving

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decurting (page history and authors); decurt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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