decurt

English

Etymology

From Latin decurtare, from de- + curtare.

Verb

decurt (third-person singular simple present decurts, present participle decurting, simple past and past participle decurted)

1. (obsolete) To cut short; to truncate; to curtail.
   • 1550, John Bale, The Apology […] :

     Your decurted or headlesse clause, Angelorum enim, et cet.

Related terms

• decurtate
• decurtation

References

• “decurt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• curted, reduc't, reduct