detruncate

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verb

To truncate (shorten by cutting, or lop off)

OriginLatin dētruncātus →
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Meanings

verbdetruncate (third-person singular simple present detruncates, present participle detruncating, simple past and past participle detruncated)

present singular third person detruncates · participle present detruncating · participle past detruncated · past detruncated

  1. archaictransitiveTo truncate (shorten by cutting, or lop off)

Origin

  1. Latindētruncātus
  2. Englishdetruncate

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”).

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APA

detruncate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detruncate

MLA

“detruncate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detruncate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detruncate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detruncate.

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