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detruncate, v.|dɪˈtrʌŋkeɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. dētruncāre to lop off, f. de- I. 2 + truncāre to cut off, maim.]
trans. To shorten by lopping off a portion (lit. and fig.); to cut short, ‘cut down’. Hence deˈtruncated ppl. a. = truncated.
1623Cockeram, Detruncate, to cut or lop boughs. 1727Bailey vol. II, Detruncated, cut or chopped off; beheaded. 1846Landor Wks. (1868) I. 537/2 Which..would detruncate our rank expenditure. 1877Burnett Ear 46 In the wide end of a detruncated cone. 1885H. Conway Family Affair vi, He had not yet detruncated a [china] Chelsea figure. |