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falcate
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Falcate
(gcide) | Falcate \Fal"cate\, Falcated \Fal"ca*ted\, a. [L. falcatus, fr.
falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.]
Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate
claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or
crescent-formed.
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falcate
(wn) | falcate
adj 1: curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws";
"the falcate moon" [syn: falcate, falciform, {sickle-
shaped}] |
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defalcate
(encz) | defalcate,defraudovat v: Zdeněk Broždefalcate,zpronevěřit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Defalcate
(gcide) | Defalcate \De*fal"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defalcated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Defalcating.] [LL. defalcatus, p. p. of
defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de-
+ falx, falcis, a sickle. See Falchion.]
To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly
of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
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To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated
from them [the estimates]. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]Defalcate \De*fal"cate\, v. i.
To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. "Some
partner defalcating, or the like." --Carlyle.
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Defalcated
(gcide) | Defalcate \De*fal"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defalcated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Defalcating.] [LL. defalcatus, p. p. of
defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de-
+ falx, falcis, a sickle. See Falchion.]
To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly
of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
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To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated
from them [the estimates]. --Burke.
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Falcate
(gcide) | Falcate \Fal"cate\, Falcated \Fal"ca*ted\, a. [L. falcatus, fr.
falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.]
Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate
claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or
crescent-formed.
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falcate sickle-shaped
(gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Falcated
(gcide) | Falcate \Fal"cate\, Falcated \Fal"ca*ted\, a. [L. falcatus, fr.
falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.]
Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate
claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or
crescent-formed.
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Unfalcated
(gcide) | Unfalcated \Un*fal"ca*ted\, a.
1. Not falcated, or hooked.
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2. Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened;
undiminished. [R.] --Swift.
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defalcate
(wn) | defalcate
v 1: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care)
fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled
thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
[syn: embezzle, defalcate, peculate,
misappropriate, malversate] |
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