† decollv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To behead; = decollate v.1
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beheadc1000
headOE
for-head13..
unheadc1480
firkc1540
decollate1599
decapitate1611
decoll1649
1649 W. Prynne Legall Vindic. Liberties Eng. 19 In the King's own case, whom they decolled.
Derivatives
deˈcolling n. and adj.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > beheading
beheading?c1225
decollationa1387
headinga1400
fasces1641
decolling1648
decapitation1650
beheadal1859
1648 Parliamentary Hist. (R.) By a speedy public dethroning and decolling of the King.
1653 E. Chisenhale Catholike Hist. 462 The only decolling instrument of Principality and Temporal Power.
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