Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-CUS'SATE
DE-CUS'SATE, or DE-CUS'SA-TEDDE-CUS'SA-TING
DE-CUS'SATE, v.t. [L. decusso, to cut or strike across.]
To intersect at acute angles, thus X; or in general, to intersect; to cross; as lines, rays, or nerves in the body. – Encyc.
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