decollate

English

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Etymology 1

First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin dēcollātus, perfect passive participle of dēcollō (“to behead”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) +‎ collum (“neck”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: dĭ-kŏlʹāt, dĕkʹə-lāt, IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɒleɪt/, /ˈdɛkəleɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Verb

decollate (third-person singular simple present decollates, present participle decollating, simple past and past participle decollated)

1. (transitive, rare) To behead.

Translations

behead — see behead

Etymology 2

First attested in 1967; from de- +‎ collate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: dē-kə-lātʹ, dĕkʹə-lāt, IPA^(key): /diːkəˈleɪt/, /ˈdɛkəleɪt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Verb

decollate (third-person singular simple present decollates, present participle decollating, simple past and past participle decollated)

1. (transitive, computing) To separate the copies of a multipart computer printout.

Derived terms

• decollator

Etymology 3

Borrowed from New Latin dēcollātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkələt/

Adjective

decollate (not comparable)

1. Tapering to a blunt end.

Derived terms

• decollate snail

Further reading

• “decollate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ocellated

Italian

Verb

decollate

1. inflection of decollare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Latin

Verb

dēcollāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēcollō