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单词 decurtation
释义 decurˈtation Obs.
[ad. L. dēcurtātiōn-em, n. of action f. dēcurtāre: see decurt v. So in mod.F.]
Shortening, abridging, or cutting down.
1652Gaule Magastrom. To Rdr., Ambiguous equivocations, affected decurtations, sophisticated expressions.1652–62Heylin Cosmogr. iii. (1682) 38 By the like decurtation we have turned Hispania unto Spain.1700Phil. Trans. XXII. 568 The Contraction..is performed by the decurtation or shortening of the Fleshy Fibres.
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