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▪ I. † deˈcantate, pa. pple. Obs.
[ad. L. dēcantāt-us, pa. pple. of dēcantāre: see next.]
Decantated.
1620E. Blount Horae Subs. 195 Not to reiterate the so many and so much decantate vtilities and praises of History. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. II. i. 10 Augustines saying so much decantate by Dr. Twisse and others.
▪ II. † deˈcantate, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of L. dēcantāre to sing off, repeat in singing, sing or chant over and over again, f. de- I. 3 + cantāre to sing.]
1. trans. To sing or say over and over again; to repeat often.
1542Becon Pathw. Prayer Early Wks. (1843) 182 Not able sufficiently to decantate, sing, and set forth his praises. 1611Coryat Crudities 99 The very Elysian fieldes, so much decantated and celebrated by the Verses of Poets. 1650R. Hollingworth Usurped Powers 14 That late so much decantated Aphorisme, All Power..is from the People.
2. intr. To sing or speak often.
1659Gauden Tears of Church 99 These men..impertinently decantate against the Ceremonies of the Church. |