Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To remove the apex of, as of a shell.
- To behead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, computing To
separate thecopies ofmultipart computer printout . - verb transitive To
behead .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cut the head of
Etymologies
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de- + collate
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From Latin decollare ("to behead")
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Well, a woman in Warren, Ohio is getting her 15 minutes of fame for something "Moost Unusual" -- a squirrel in her decollate (ph).
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You can also introduce preying mantids (via their eggs), and decollate snails are predators of other snails.
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