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Webster 1913 Edition
Decapitate
De-cap′i-tate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Decapitated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decapitating
.] 1.
To cut off the head of; to behead.
2.
To remove summarily from office.
[Colloq. U. S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Decapitate
DECAP'ITATE
,Verb.
T.
DECAPITA'TION, n. The act of beheading.
DECAPH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. ten and a leaf.] Having ten leaves.
DEC'ARBONIZE, v.t. To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel.
DEC'ARBONIZED, pp. Deprived of carbon.
DEC'ARBONIZING, ppr. Depriving of carbon.
DEC'ASTICH, n. [Gr. ten and a verse.] A poem consisting of ten lines.
DEC'ASTYLE, n. [Gr. ten and a column.] A building with an ordnance of ten columns in front.
DECA'Y, v.i. [Fr. dechoir, from L. de and cado, to fall, or decedo.]
Definition 2024
decapitate
decapitate
English
Verb
decapitate (third-person singular simple present decapitates, present participle decapitating, simple past and past participle decapitated)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
remove the head of
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