DECOLLATE

decapitate, behead, decollate

(verb) cut the head of; “the French King was beheaded during the Revolution”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

decollate (third-person singular simple present decollates, present participle decollating, simple past and past participle decollated)

(transitive) To behead.

Etymology 2

Verb

decollate (third-person singular simple present decollates, present participle decollating, simple past and past participle decollated)

(transitive, computing) To separate the copies of multipart computer printout.

Anagrams

• ocellated

Source: Wiktionary


De*col"late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decollated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decollating.] Etym: [L. decollatus, p. p. of decollare to behead; de- + collum neck.]

Definition: To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate. The decollated head of St. John the Baptist. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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