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depeditate: /deeˇped'@ˇtayt/, n. [by (faulty) analogy with decapitate] Humorously, to cut off the feet of.
When one is using some computer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement
of text blocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-off
letter descenders. Such letters are said to have been depeditated.
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