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decollate en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈkɒleɪt/ (UK)
  • dĕkʹə-lāt (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • dĭ-kŏlʹāt (UK)
  • /ˈdɛkəleɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin dēcollātus, perfect passive participle of dēcollō (“to behead”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + collum (“neck”) + -ō.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To behead.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
decollating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decollated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decollated Tense=Past lexicographic
decollates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

decollate en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • dē-kə-lātʹ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • dĕkʹə-lāt (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdɛkəleɪt/ (UK)
  • /diːkəˈleɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

First attested in 1967; from de- + collate.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To separate the copies of a multipart computer printout.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
decollating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decollates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
decollated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decollated Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

decollator

decollate en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɛkələt/

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin dēcollātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Tapering to a blunt end.

Deriveds

decollate snail