detruncate

English

Etymology

From Latin detruncatus, past participle of detruncare (“to cut off”), from de + truncare (“to maim, shorten, cut off”). See truncate.

Verb

detruncate (third-person singular simple present detruncates, present participle detruncating, simple past and past participle detruncated)

1. (archaic, transitive) To truncate (shorten by cutting, or lop off)

Related terms

• detruncation

References

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

Anagrams

• utteranced