Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To cut short; abridge.
  • To cut off or trim the hair or beard of.
  • Cut short; abridged.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective shortened, curtailed

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Examples

  • The word "decurtate" - means to cut short but in English lang "curtate" itself means "to cut short" and "de" is a pref. to make the following words as opposite or to make it degrade/declass.

    languagehat.com: BEAT THE JUDGE. 2004

  • I hope you can explain why "decurtate" means to cut short?

    languagehat.com: BEAT THE JUDGE. 2004

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