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<hw>De*cu"ri*on*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decurionatus</ets>, fr. <ets>decurio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The office of a decurion.</def>

<h1>Decurrence</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*cur"rence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of running down; a lapse.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Gauden.</i>

<h1>Decurrent</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*cur"rent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decurrens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>decurrere</ets> to run down; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>currere</ets> to run: cf. F. <ets>d\'82current</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*cur"rent*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Decursion</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*cur"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decursio</ets>, fr. <ets>decurrere</ets>. See <er>Decurrent</er>.]</ety> <def>A flowing; also, a hostile incursion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Decursive</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*cur"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82cursif</ets>. See <er>Decurrent</er>.]</ety> <def>Running down; decurrent.</def>

<h1>Decursively</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*cur"sive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a decursive manner.</def>

<cs><col>Decursively pinnate</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>having the leaflets decurrent, or running along the petiole; -- said of a leaf.</cd></cs>

<h1>Decurt</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*curt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decurtare</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>curtare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cut short; to curtail.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bale.</i>

<h1>Decurtation</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De`cur*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decurtatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act of cutting short.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Decury</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Dec"u*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Decuries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>decuria</ets>, fr. <ets>decem</ets> ten.]</ety> <def>A set or squad of ten men under a decurion.</def>

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<h1>Decussate</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*cus"sate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Decussated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Decussating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>decussatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>decussare</ets> to cross like an X, fr. <ets>decussis</ets> (orig. equiv. to <ets>decem asses</ets>) the number ten, which the Romans represented by X.]</ety> <def>To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.</def>

<h1>Decussate, Decussated</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw><hw>De*cus"sate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>De*cus"sa*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Crossed; intersected.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; <as>as, <ex>decussated</ex> leaves or branches</as>.</def>