DECAPITATE
\dɪkˈapɪtˌe͡ɪt], \dɪkˈapɪtˌeɪt], \d_ɪ_k_ˈa_p_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of DECAPITATE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To remove the head; specifically to cut off the head of a fetus to facilitate delivery in cases of irremediable dystocia.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.