TRUNCATE

truncate. Truncate, v.t. to cut short, lop, maim, mangle

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Trun″cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truncated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Truncating.] [[L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See Trunk.]] To cut off; to lop; to maim.