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Webster 1913 Edition


Decapitate

De-cap′i-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Decapitated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Decapitating
.]
[LL.
decapitatus
, p. p. of
decapitare
; L.
de-
+
caput
head. See
Chief
.]
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.
[L., head.] To behead; to cut off the head.
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)

  1. (transitive) To remove the head of.

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Italian

Verb

decapitate

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