† defalcev.
Obsolete. rare.
= defalk v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > curtail
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1651 T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 5 When we read Baronius calling him hominem mendacissimum, impudentissimum, with other epithets to the same sence, we know how to defalce our credit accordingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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