DECUSSATE; DECUSSATED

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Crossed; intersected.

2.
a.

Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.

3.
a.

Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.


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