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Decollate

//ˈdɛkələt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tapering to a blunt end. not-comparable
Verb
  1. 1
    To behead. rare, transitive
  2. 2
    To separate the copies of a multipart computer printout. transitive
  3. 3
    cut the head of wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

First attested in 1967; from de- + collate.

Etymology 3

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

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