detruncate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dētruncātus, perfect passive participle of dētruncō (“to cut off”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + truncō (“to maim, shorten, cut off”). === Verb === detruncate (third-person singular simple present detruncates, present participle detruncating, simple past and past participle detruncated) (archaic, transitive) To truncate (shorten by cutting, or lop off) ==== Related terms ==== === References === “detruncate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === utteranced