decollate (dekolat)

t.; pret. and pp. decol lated, ppr. decollating. [L. decollatus, pp. of decollare, behead: see decoll.] To behead. He brought forth a statue with three heads: two of them were quite beat off, and the third was much bruised, Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels (1635), p. 474. All five to-day have suffered death With no distinction save in dying-he Decollated by way of privilege, but not decollated. The rest hanged decently and in order. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 314. decollated (dē-kol'ā-ted), p. a. Beheaded; specifically, in conch., applied to those univalve shells which have the apex worn off in the progre of growth. This happens constantly with some shells, such as a species of Bulimus, which is called in consequence B. decollatus. decollation (de-ko-lā'shon), n. [ Their decollations and flagellations are quite sickening in detail, and distinguished from the tidy, decorous executions of the early Italians. Contemporary Rev. , LI. 523. Specifically-2. In surg . , the removal of the head of the child in cases of difficult parturition. - Decollation of St. John the Baptist, a festival celebrated on the 29th day of August in both the Eastern and the Western Church, in memory of the decapitation of St. John the Baptist. It is entered under the same date in the calendar of the English prayer-book in the words, "St. John the Baptist, beheaded." décolleté (da-kol-e-ta'), a. [F., pp. of décolleter, bare one's neck and shoulders, neck and shoulders exposed: said of a woman decolor, decolour (de-kul'or), v. t. [F. déco lorer, L. decolor are, deprive of color, the waist of whose dre is cut low in the neck. The anti putrescent and decolouring properties of charcoal. Ure, Dict., I. 415. decolorant (de-kul'or-ant), a. and n. [L. decolor an(t-)s, ppr. of decolor are: see decolor.] I. a. Having the property of removing color; bleaching. Alcohol is volatile, inflammable, and decolorant. Wilder and Gage, Anat. Tech., p. 113. II. n. A substance which bleaches or removes color. decolorate (de-kul'or-at), v. t.; pret. and pp. decolorated, ppr. decolorating. [L. decolor a tus, pp. of decolor are, deprive of color: see decolor.] To deprive of color; decolor; bleach; blanch.