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Webster 1913 Edition


Defalcate

De-fal′cate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Defalcated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Defalcating
.]
[LL.
defalcatus
, p. p. of
defalcare
to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L.
de-
+
falx
,
falcis
, a sickle. See
Falchion
.]
To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; – used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
To show what may be practicably and safely
defalcated
from them [the estimates].
Burke.

De-fal′cate

,
Verb.
I.
To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.
“Some partner defalcating, or the like.”
Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Defalcate

DEFALCATE

,
Verb.
T.
To cut off; to take away or deduct a part; used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, &c.

Definition 2024


defalcate

defalcate

English

Verb

defalcate (third-person singular simple present defalcates, present participle defalcating, simple past and past participle defalcated)

  1. (transitive) To misappropriate funds; to embezzle.
  2. (transitive) To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of (money, rents, income, etc.).
    • Burke
      To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from the [the estimates].

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References

  1. defalcate” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
  2. defalcation” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Italian

Verb

defalcate

  1. second-person plural present tense and imperative of defalcare.