▪ I. † deˈcurt, a. Obs.—0
[Cf. curt and de- II. 3.]
| 1623 Cockeram, Decurt, short. |
▪ II. † deˈcurt, v. Obs.
[ad. L. dēcurt-āre to cut off, curtail, f. de- I. 2 + curtāre to shorten: see curt v.]
trans. To cut down, shorten, dock, curtail, abridge. Hence deˈcurted ppl. a.
| 1550 Bale Apol. 147 Your decurted or headlesse clause, Angelorum enim, et cet. 1631 J. Done Polydoron 88 [It is] plain Roguerie to Decurte or mispoint their Writings. 1648 Herrick Hesper., Julia's Churching (1869) 307 To him bring Thy free, and not decurted offering. |